paedophilia

See also: pædophilia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English paedo-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der.

English -philia

English paedophilia

From paedo- + -philia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

paedophilia (countable and uncountable, plural paedophilias)

1. UK standard spelling of pedophilia.
   • 2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder.

Anagrams

• palaeophiid

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek παιδόφῐλος (paidóphĭlos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía)bor.

Latin paedophilia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pae̯.dɔˈpʰɪ.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pe.doˈfiː.li.a]

Noun

paedophilia f sg (genitive paedophiliae); first declension

1. (New Latin, uncountable, rare) pedophilia
   • 2007, Periodica de re canonica: Indices tertiae seriei (1982–2005), § 5, 101:

     Relatio h[omosexualis] inter et paedophiliam 91/52.

   • ibidem, 154:

     Paedophilia et efebophilia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	paedophilia
genitive	paedophiliae
dative	paedophiliae
accusative	paedophiliam
ablative	paedophiliā
vocative	paedophilia