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
- A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino...
Ancestry of “Flip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fillip | The action of holding the tip of a finger against... |
| 2 | Middle English | filippen | to make a signal or sound with thumb and right... |
| 3 | Middle English | flappen | to flap, clap, slap, strike |