philanthropyyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[philanthropy 词源字典]
philanthropy: see philosophy
[philanthropy etymology, philanthropy origin, 英语词源]
philanthropy (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1600, from Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek philanthropia "kindliness, humanity, benevolence, love to mankind" (from gods, men, or things), from philanthropos (adj.) "loving mankind, useful to man," from phil- "loving" (see philo-) + anthropos "mankind" (see anthropo-). Originally in English in the Late Latin form; modern spelling attested from 1620s.