Where does “Philadelphia” come from?

Philadelphia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια, from Ancient Greek Φιλάδελφος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “Philadelphia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΦιλαδέλφειαPhiladelphia, the name of a number of Ancient cities
2Ancient GreekΦιλάδελφοςbrother-loving
3Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
4Ancient Greekἀτέλειαexemption from public burdens, immunity
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “Philadelphia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια
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