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Where does “philanthropie” come from?

philanthropie (French) comes from Latin philanthrōpia, from Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

philanthropie (French): philanthropy

Definitions

  1. philanthropy

Ancestry of “philanthropie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphilanthrōpia—
2Ancient Greekφιλανθρωπία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “philanthropie”

  • filantropie
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