The story
From Filipino with the first letter respelled to ⟨PH⟩ to emulate the country name, Philippines, itself originally ultimately from Spanish Filipinas.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
From Filipino with the first letter respelled to ⟨PH⟩ to emulate the country name, Philippines, itself originally ultimately from Spanish Filipinas.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.