Deriving from Latin, it has probably developed over some 2000 years.
Filipino is a Spanish word, and Spanish does not use the digraph ph.
1588 was when the Spanish Armada started.
Count them in a Spanish dictionary
they start
¿Cuándo comenzó?
ice
anora
enere
selena started singing spanish in 1980
begin or start
iniciar el juego
Some Spanish names that start with the letter "K" include "Kiko," "Kira," and "Karina."