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