philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism +

A collector of brassware.

A strong desire to gawk at or ogle people wearing bathing suits; also, ablutoskepsis.

A collector of butterflies. Also known as lepidopterology.

One who collects dictionaries and related books about words.

In biology, thriving on, or having an affinity for, lichens or lichen-rich habitats.

In biology, thriving in or on wood.

In biology, thriving in salt marshes.

In biology, thriving in lakes or ponds.

In biology, thriving in stony or rocky habitats.

In biology, thriving in dry thickets.

In biology, thriving in thickets.

One who loves words or who has a special fondness for words.

A fondness for words; the love of words.

In biology, dwelling and thriving in hills.

These are just a few of the meanings set up for the etymological meanings of philo which comes to us from Greek: "love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for".

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

Other meanings include: "strongly attracted to, an organism that loves or is strongly attracted to, (something specified).

In psychology and psychiatry, -phile, -phil, et al.; use this element as a word termination denoting (a) an abnormal craving or attraction or (b) an affinity for an object denoted by the word stems to which they are affixed.