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phil/o — Love or fondness
phil/o means love or fondness. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: philosophy.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Love or fondness
- Ancient Greek: φίλος (philos)
Examples and word parts
philosophy
Inquiry into questions about knowledge, reality, values, and reasoning.
Word parts: phil/o (love of) + sophia (wisdom); philos can mean dear or a friend.
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Related knowledge & learning terms
- gnos- — Knowledge
agnostic
- sci- — Knowledge
science
- epistem/o — Knowledge
epistemology
- soph/o — Wisdom
sophist
- math- — Learning
mathematics
- didact- — Teaching
didactic
- doc- — Teaching
doctrine
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.