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Where does “Tsipre” come from?

Tsipre (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Chipre, from French Chypre, from Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Tsipre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishChipreCyprus
2FrenchChypreCyprus
3LatinCyprus—
4Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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