Where does “الفلبين” come from?
الفلبين (Arabic) comes from French Philippines, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.
Ancestry of “الفلبين”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Philippines | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 3 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |