The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλιππικός
- Latin · borrowed fromphilippicus
- English todayphilippic
From Latin philippicus, from Ancient Greek φιλιππικός (philippikós), from Φίλιππος (Phílippos, “lover of horses”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.