-phily

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-phily

1. liking for
2. tendency towards

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phily

acarophily

acrodendrophily

ambophily

anemophily

anthophily

bibliophily

cactophily

cartophily

elephophily

endophily

entomophily

exophily

geophily

halophily

heterophily

homophily

iconophily

malacophily

marcophily

melittophily

myrmecophily

necrophily

notaphily

oenophily

ombrophily

ornithophily

osmophily

pagophily

paraphily

peridromophily

rheophily

scripophily

Related terms

• phil-, philo-
• -philia
• -philiac
• -philic
• -phile

Anagrams

• hiply