Where does “Filamerican” come from?
Filamerican (English) comes from English filipino, from Spanish filipino, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια — together, one.
Filamerican (English): A Filipino who supports the United States military
Definitions
- A Filipino who supports the United States military
Ancestry of “Filamerican”, step by step
Filamerican traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English filipino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filipino | A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such |
| 2 | Spanish | filipino | Filipino |
| 3 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 4 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 5 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English american
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | american | A citizen or national of the United States of America |
| 2 | English | -n | Alternative form of -en; API; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jainaz | that over there, yon |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | i- | that; he; a pronomial stem |