Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements frith "protection", frið "peace" (PIE *pri "to love, to make peace") or alternatively farð "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic *farthi, abstract noun from root *far- "to fare, travel" (PIE *par, "to lead, pass over"), and nanth "courage" or nand "ready, prepared" related to Old High German nendan "to risk, venture."
The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic Ferdinanths or Frithunanths.
It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain.
Variants of the name include Fernán, Fernando, Hernando, and Hernán in Spanish, Ferran in Catalan, and Fernando and Fernão in Portuguese.
The French forms are Ferrand, Fernand, and Fernandel, and it is Ferdinando and Fernando in Italian. In Hungarian both Ferdinánd and Nándor are used equally. The Dutch forms are Ferdinand and Ferry.
There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish Veeti.
There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form, Fernanda.
Hello po, PhC! May book po ba kayo sa Entrepreneurial Mind na gawa netong 2 authors? Pwede po pasend ng upper part ng page 46? Hindi kasi clear yung copy ko tsaka wala na din akong pwedeng mahiraman ng copy. Thanks po in advanced!
President Bongbong Marcos and the Philippines were referenced in the latest episode of American game show “Jeopardy!”.
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It was never to service the Filipino people. How unfortunate. Nabudol 31M :ROFLMAO:
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