Where does “Tsinoy” come from?
Tsinoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Pinoy, from Tagalog Pilipino, from Spanish filipino, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω — together, one.
Tsinoy (Tagalog): Anything influenced by the Filipino and Chinese...
Definitions
- Anything influenced by the Filipino and Chinese...
Ancestry of “Tsinoy”, step by step
Tsinoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog Pinoy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | Pinoy | a Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male |
| 2 | Tagalog | Pilipino | a Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male |
| 3 | Spanish | filipino | Filipino |
| 4 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 5 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 6 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Tagalog Tsino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | Tsino | Chinese person |
| 2 | Spanish | chino | Chinese; Chinese person; boy, servant |
| 3 | Spanish | enchinar | to pave; to curl; to get goosebumps |
| 4 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 5 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |