Where does “Philly” come from?
Philly (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.
Philly (English): Philadelphia
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Philly”, step by step
| 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 |