Where does “Philippi” come from?
Philippi (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Φίλιπποι, from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Ancestry of “Philippi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | Φίλιπποι | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Φίλιππος | fond of horses; lover of horses |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |