Where does “Filthadelphia” come from?
Filthadelphia (English) comes from English Philadelphia, from Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια, from Ancient Greek Φιλάδελφος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
Filthadelphia (English): Philadelphia
Definitions
- Philadelphia
Ancestry of “Filthadelphia”, step by step
Filthadelphia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Philadelphia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Philadelphia | OS grid ref NZ3352 |
| 2 | Latin | Philadelphia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φιλαδέλφεια | Philadelphia, the name of a number of Ancient cities |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Φιλάδελφος | brother-loving |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English filth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filth | Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles;... |
| 2 | Middle English | filth | — |
| 3 | Old English | fȳlþu | filth |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fūliþu | foulness, rottenness, filth |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fūl | foul, dirty |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fūlaz | foul, dirty; rotten |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pū- | rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,... |