English
Filipina
Filipina comes from Spanish Filipinas ‘the Philippine Isles’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentFilipinas‘the Philippine Isles’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentFelipe
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfilipina
- Englishearliest quotation 2006Filipina
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentFilipinas‘the Philippine Isles’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentFelipe
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfilipina
- Englishearliest quotation 2006Filipina
Earliest quotation: 2006, 1997 December 16, The Global Trade in Domestic Service: “Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about…”
Every English word from Spanish Filipinas
Today it means
noun A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Filipinas / Filipina