Filipino

The story

1. Spanish · derived fromEl Rey Felipe II de España“King Philip II of Spain”
2. Spanish · derived fromlas Islas Filipinas“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”
3. Spanish · borrowed fromfilipino m
4. English todayFilipino

From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). 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.

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