philo-

American  

1. a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “loving” (philology ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (philoprogenitive ).

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philo- British  

combining form

1. indicating a love of

   philology

   philanthropic

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Etymology

Origin of philo-

< Greek, combining form of phílos loving, dear

Example Sentences

The self-trained engineer Philo Farnsworth built the first all-electronic TV system in 1927 using his “image dissector,” which converted the picture into electric current.

From The Wall Street Journal

Philo subscribers can watch it on demand, and episodes can still be encountered on a hunt through the cable hinterlands.

From Salon

“There are a lot of seasons of available episodes that you can watch, in typically any random order you want to,” said Nii Mantse Addy, chief marketing officer at the streaming service Philo, which also has seen a sharp rise in viewing of library programs.

From Los Angeles Times

The show opened quite brilliantly — perhaps confusingly, if you had missed Bargatze’s “Washington’s Dream” sketches on “Saturday Night Live” on which the routine was closely modeled, including the presence of Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson — with the host as Philo T. Farnsworth, “the inventor of television,” foreseeing the medium’s less than sensible future.

From Los Angeles Times

Bargatze portrayed Philo T. Farnsworth, the “visionary genius” who saw the potential of television’s future.

From Los Angeles Times