词根词缀：philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism

【来源及含义】Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for

【相关描述】These are just a few of the meanings set up for the etymological meanings of philo- which comes to us from Greek.

In biology, there are many words that use philo-, phil- to mean "thriving in such and such a place or situation; or exhibiting a tendency for a specified condition" for its existence.

Other meanings include: "strongly attracted to; such as, an organism that loves or is strongly attracted to something which is specified".

In psychology and psychiatry, -phile, -philia, etc. use this element as a word termination indicating an abnormal craving or attraction to or an affinity for an object as shown by the word stems to which they are affixed.

【相关词根词缀】Related "love, fondness" units: agape-; amat-; vener-; venus.

【同源单词】abrakophile, abrakophilia, abrakophilism, acarophile, acarophilous, acarophily