Where does “Filistina” come from?

Filistina (Old English) comes from Latin Philistinus, from Koine Greek Φυλιστῖνοι, from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים, from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּי, from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת, from Hebrew פ־ל־ש — migrate, invade.

Filistina (Old English): the Philistines genitive

Definitions

  1. the Philistines genitive

Ancestry of “Filistina”, step by step

Filistina traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Philistinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPhilistinus—
2Koine GreekΦυλιστῖνοι—
3Hebrewפְּלִשְׁתִּים—
4Hebrewפְּלִשְׁתִּיa Philistine; Philistine
5HebrewפְּלֶשֶׁתPhilistia, land of the Philistines
6Hebrewפ־ל־שmigrate, invade

via Late Latin Philistinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinPhilistinus—

via Old French Philistin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchPhilistin—

Words derived from “Filistina”

Every word from Hebrew פ־ל־ש →Every word from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת →Every word from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּי →