Where does “pinoy” come from?
pinoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Pilipino, from Spanish filipino, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια — together, one.
Ancestry of “pinoy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | Pilipino | — |
| 2 | Spanish | filipino | Filipino |
| 3 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 4 | Spanish | Felipe | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |