Where does “Pinoy pop” come from?
Pinoy pop (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.
Pinoy pop (English): Philippine pop music
Definitions
- Philippine pop music
Ancestry of “Pinoy pop”, step by step
Pinoy pop 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 |
via English POP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | POP | Acronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of... |
| 2 | English | popular | Common among the general public; generally... |
| 3 | Middle English | populer | Commonly known |
| 4 | Old French | populaire | — |
| 5 | Latin | populāris | popular (by, of or for the people) |
| 6 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 7 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |