-phily

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).

Suffix

-phily

  1. liking for
  2. tendency towards
  3. (botany) pollination by

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phily
acarophily
acrodendrophily
ambophily
anemophily
anthophily
bibliophily
cactophily
cartophily
endophily
entomophily
exophily
geophily
halophily
heterophily
homophily
iconophily
malacophily
marcophily
melittophily
myrmecophily
necrophily
notaphily
oenophily
ombrophily
ornithophily
osmophily
pagophily
paraphily
peridromophily
rheophily
scripophily

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