Term: -philia, -phil
Origin: Anc Greek
φιλία/philia(=philia, combining form for “affection”, “friendship” or “mutual love”.
>φιλέω/phileo(verb that means “love”, “kiss”, “have tenderness for”)
>πίλναμαι/pilnamai(=contact, approach)
Coined/History
The first meaning of “philia” in ancient period was “fraternal love”. Philia in Aristotele’s Nicomachean Ethics is translates usulaly as “friendship”.
Opposite: φοβία/phobia=aversion, avoidance, irrational fear for
Definition:
-philia(=combining form meaning the state of “friendship”, “tendency to”, “attraction”, “affinity for”.
-phile (=is the subgect, person or substance having the “tendency to”, “attraction”, “affinity for”.
Examples of words in which “philia” is comping form
Hemophilia/eamophil (tendency to blood),
Eosinophilia/eosinophil (affinity to eosin)
Zoophilia/zoophil (sexual attraction to animals)
Hydrophilia/Hydrophil (tendency to be dissolved to water)
Lipohilia/lipophil (having an affinity for dissolving in lipids)
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