Philology

[Luis Fok]

The study of language, especially in a philosophical
manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech,
the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical
development of languages; linguistic science.

[Hina Muqadas]

1. Study of language or literature.

2. Specifically, study of the languages and literatures of Classical Greece and [Rome]; study of Latin and [Ancient Greek] languages.

See [philologist]

[Sarah]

The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.

[Sonia]

[The science] of Love or Love-making, as from the stem phil-, meaning love/enthusiasm ([bibliophile] = book-lover, pedophile = child-lover), and the suffix -ology, referring to a science (physchology and Biology for example). This is to be differentiated from a specific sort of [philology] as Romance [Philology], the study of Latin (literally [The Science] of Loving things Roman).