φίλος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- That which is loved or important: beloved, dear
- less commonly: loving, friendly
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰil-o-s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philic English
- -philous English
- Philomela English
- argentophilic English
- cinephilic English
- korephile English
- malt English
- maltase English
- malter English
- maltery English
- malthouse English
- maltin English
- maltless English
- maltman English
- maltol English
- maltose English
- maltster English
- maltworm English
- malty English
- pamphlet English
- pamphletary English
- pamphleteer English
- pamphletize English
- pamphletry English
- -phila Latin
- Philocrates Latin
- Philodemus Latin
- Philodēmus Latin
- Philomela Latin
- Philoxenus Latin
- acidophilus Latin
- maltophilius Latin
- philomela Latin
- -phil German
- Billigheimer German
- Billigkeit German
- Billiglohn German
- Philanthrop German
- billig German
- saubillig German
- spottbillig German
- fülemüle Hungarian
- -filo Italian
- maltare Italian
- malto Italian
- -fiel Dutch, Flemish
- billijk Dutch, Flemish
- billijken Dutch, Flemish
- maltose Dutch, Flemish
- pamphlet French
- philanthrope French
- philatélie French
- philogynie French
- -filo Spanish, Castilian
- grc Ancient Greek
- Διός Ancient Greek
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Ζεύς Ancient Greek
- Φίληβος Ancient Greek
- Φίλιππος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλομήλη Ancient Greek
- Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- γυνή Ancient Greek
- δόξα Ancient Greek
- δῆμος Ancient Greek
- κράτος Ancient Greek
- κτάομαι Ancient Greek
- λαός Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- ξένος Ancient Greek
- παιδοφίλης Ancient Greek
- σοφία Ancient Greek
- φίλημα Ancient Greek
- φίλτρον Ancient Greek
- φιλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλοψευδής Ancient Greek
- φιλόδοξος Ancient Greek
- φιλότης Ancient Greek
- φιλύρα Ancient Greek
- φιλύρινος Ancient Greek
- ψευδής Ancient Greek
- ἥβη Ancient Greek
- ὕρον Ancient Greek
- *bʰil-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *tek- Proto-Indo-European
- -filo Portuguese
- malte Portuguese
- *bili- Proto-Germanic
- パンフレット Japanese
- bile- Old English
- malt Middle English
- pamphilet Middle English
- -fileach Irish
- billig Danish
- فَلْسَفَة, فَلْسَفَات Arabic
- filantropo Esperanto
- -filo Galician
- มอลต์ Thai
- -φιλος Greek (modern)
- φίλος Greek (modern)
- φιλαράκος Greek (modern)
- φιλόδοξος Greek (modern)
- filsafat Indonesian
- billijc Middle Dutch
- billīh Old High German
- pamfleto Ido
- philodoxe Middle French
- პამფლეტი Georgian
- filipsescu Aromanian
- 팸플릿 Korean
- *pʰílos Proto-Hellenic