Where does “apa” come from?

apa (Cornish) comes from Middle English ape, from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

apa (Cornish): ape

Definitions

  1. ape

Ancestry of “apa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishapeAn ape or monkey; a simian creature; A deceiver;...
2Old Englishapamonkey, ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →