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
フィリピン共和国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese フィリピン
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |