Where does “フィリピン英語” come from?
フィリピン英語 (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.
フィリピン英語 (Japanese): Philippine English
Definitions
- Philippine English
Ancestry of “フィリピン英語”, step by step
フィリピン英語 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 |
via Japanese 英語
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 英語 | the English language |
| 2 | Chinese | 英語 | English language |
| 3 | Chinese | 英格蘭 | — |
| 4 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 5 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 6 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 7 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |