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English

Filipino

Filipino comes from Spanish filipino, and goes back to las Islas Filipinas ‘The Philippine Islands (P.I.)’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentlas Islas Filipinas‘The Philippine Islands (P.I.)’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentFelipe
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfilipino
  4. EnglishtodayFilipino

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentlas Islas Filipinas‘The Philippine Islands (P.I.)’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentFelipe
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfilipino
  4. EnglishtodayFilipino

The story

The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (‘islander’) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.

Every English word from Spanish las Islas Filipinas

Today it means

noun A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish las Islas Filipinas / Filipino

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