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- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλέω“I love”
- English todayphilandry
Coined from Ancient Greek φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), equivalent to phil- + -andry. Compare philander.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.