bile-
Old English
prefix
Definitions
- kind, appropriate
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *bili- (kind, gentle, fitting) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (decent, good, friendly, harmonious).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰil-
Gloss
decent, good, friendly, harmonious
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philic English
- -philous English
- Philomela English
- malt English
- pamphlet English
- -phila Latin
- Philomela Latin
- Philoxenus Latin
- acidophilus Latin
- philomela Latin
- -filo Italian
- philanthrope French
- philogynie French
- -filo Spanish, Castilian
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Φίληβος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φιλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλοπόλεμος Ancient Greek
- φιλοψευδής Ancient Greek
- φιλόδοξος Ancient Greek
- φιλότης Ancient Greek
- φιλύρα Ancient Greek
- *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European
- -filo Portuguese
- *bili- Proto-Germanic
- *biliwit- Proto-Germanic
- bilewit Old English
- bilewit Middle English
- -fileach Irish
- -filo Galician
- -φιλος Greek (modern)
- φίλος Greek (modern)
- filsafat Indonesian
- bili- Old Saxon
- filipsescu Aromanian
- *pʰílos Proto-Hellenic