Etymograph

English

Philippines

Philippines comes from French Philippe.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentPhilippe
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentPhilippines
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentPhilippe
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentPhilippines
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

Earliest quotation: 2025, Joe Minihane, 24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes: “The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines…”

Equivalent to Philip + -ine + -s

Ancient Greek Φίλιππος ‘fond of horses’

Middle English Philip

English Philip

The story

Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain).

Every English word from French Philippe

Today it means

name An archipelago of Southeast Asia.

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

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