Where does “Flip” come from?

Flip is a shortening of Filipino, from Spanish filipina or filipino, from Filipinas, with the suffix -ino from Latin -inus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos.

Flip (English): A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino...

Definitions

  1. A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino...

Ancestry of “Flip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfillipThe action of holding the tip of a finger against...
2Middle Englishfilippento make a signal or sound with thumb and right...
3Middle Englishflappento flap, clap, slap, strike

Words derived from “Flip”

Every word from Middle English flappen →Every word from Middle English filippen →Every word from English fillip →
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