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Where does “philippinus” come from?

philippinus (Latin) comes from Latin Philippus, 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-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

philippinus (Latin): Philippines

Definitions

  1. Philippines

Ancestry of “philippinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPhilippus—
2Ancient Greekφίλιπποςfond of horses
3Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
4Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
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
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