Where does “PA” come from?
PA (English) comes from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
PA (English): Initialism of public address; Initialism of...
Definitions
- Initialism of public address; Initialism of...
Ancestry of “PA”, step by step
PA traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English papa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 2 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 3 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 4 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 5 | Old French | papa | — |
| 6 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 8 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |