Where does “ipokrita” come from?

ipokrita (Tagalog) comes from Spanish hipócrita, from Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής, from Ancient Greek ὑποκρίνομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

ipokrita (Tagalog): hypocrite

Definitions

  1. hypocrite

Ancestry of “ipokrita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhipócritahypocritical; hypocrite
2Ecclesiastical Latinhypocritamimic; hypocrite
3Ancient Greekὑποκριτήςone who answers: interpreter, expounder; stage...
4Ancient Greekὑποκρίνομαιto answer; to interpret; to dialogue, to answer...
5Ancient Greekῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω
6Ancient Greekῠ̔πο-under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath
7Ancient Greekὑπό
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-