Where does “Japinoy” come from?
Japinoy (English) comes from English Pinoy, from Tagalog Pinoy, from Tagalog Pilipino, from Spanish filipino, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος — together, one.
Japinoy (English): Japanese Filipino
Definitions
- Japanese Filipino
Ancestry of “Japinoy”, step by step
Japinoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pinoy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pinoy | A Filipino; a person of Filipino ethnicity |
| 2 | Tagalog | Pinoy | a Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male |
| 3 | Tagalog | Pilipino | a Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male |
| 4 | Spanish | filipino | Filipino |
| 5 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 6 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 7 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |