Philanthropical is from philanthropy (from Late Latin philanthropia, from Ancient Greek philanthropia, 'love of mankind', from philos 'loving' + anthropos 'human being') plus -ical. Important recorded forms include philanthropia (Ancient Greek), philos (Ancient Greek), and anthropos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers relating to or characterized by goodwill and charity toward others. The wider family includes derived forms such as philanthropically and related words such as philanthropy, philanthropist, and philanthrope.