- phil-fondness for; favor of; respect for.
- -phileForming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".
- philhellenismA 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
- -philicSynonym of -philous.
- -philoushaving an affinity, attraction, preference or love of something
- philozoista lover of all forms of life (as opposed to only humans or those life forms useful to humans)