Where does “فیلیپینی” come from?
فیلیپینی (Persian) comes from Persian فیلیپین, from French Philippines, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια — together, one.
فیلیپینی (Persian): Philippine, Filipino
Definitions
- Philippine, Filipino
Ancestry of “فیلیپینی”, step by step
فیلیپینی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian فیلیپین
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | فیلیپین | — |
| 2 | French | Philippines | — |
| 3 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 4 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 5 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |