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Which of the following root words means love

a. phone-
b. amor-
c. pos-
d. phil-?

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the actual answer is D.
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The word love comes from the root word Phil in Greek some examples of its use are:

Philadelphia is the city of ‘brotherly love’

Philosopher is a ‘lover of wisdom’

Philanthropist is etymologically a ‘lover of humans"

Philologist is a scholar of language who ‘loves words’

The answers is D. Phil-

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