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Storge (/ ˈ s t ɔːr ɡ i / STOR-gee; [1] from Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ) 'love, affection'), [2] or familial love, refers to natural or instinctual affection, [1] [3] such as the love of a parent towards offspring and vice versa. In social psychology, another term for love between good friends is philia. [3]
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher .
Persons with the surname Fisker include: Henrik Fisker (born 1963), automobile designer and executive chairman of Fisker Automotive; Henrik Fisker (admiral) (1720–1797), Danish admiral; Kasper Fisker (born 1988), Danish soccer player; Kay Fisker (1893–1965), Danish architect; Knud Erik Fisker (born 1960), Danish soccer referee
Some words in English have been reanalyzed as a base plus suffix, leading to suffixes based on Greek words, but which are not suffixes in Greek (cf. libfix). Their meaning relates to the full word they were shortened from, not the Greek meaning: -athon or -a-thon (from the portmanteau word walkathon, from walk + (mar)athon).
Carl Anthony Fisher (1945–1993), American Roman Catholic bishop; Carl G. Fisher (1874–1939), American entrepreneur; Carlos Fisher (born 1983), American baseball player; Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), American actress, writer and humorist
In the past, women would change their surname on first marrying to that of their husband in the genitive case, so marking the change of dependence to husband from father. In early Modern Greek society, women were named with -aina as a feminine suffix on the husband's given name, for example "Giorgaina" signifying "wife of George". Nowadays, a ...
Philia (/ ˈ f ɪ l i ə /; from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía)) is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: philia, storge, agape and eros. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection. [1] The complete opposite is called a phobia.
The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) is English, but Old Norse in origin. [1] The name originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. It has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”.