Where does “フィリピン共和国” come from?
フィリピン共和国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese フィリピン, from Chinese 菲律賓, from English Philippines, from French Philippines, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος — together, one.
Ancestry of “フィリピン共和国”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | フィリピン | the Philippines; Philippines |
| 2 | Chinese | 菲律賓 | — |
| 3 | English | Philippines | — |
| 4 | French | Philippines | — |
| 5 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 6 | Spanish | Felipe | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |