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Where does “Phillipson” come from?

Phillipson is an English patronymic surname derived from Philip, which comes from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος, combining φίλος meaning friend with h₁éḱwos horse.

Ancestry of “Phillipson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPhillip—
2EnglishPhilip—
3Middle EnglishPhilip—
4Ancient Greekφίλιπποςfond of horses
5Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
6Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
7Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
8Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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