Where does “Pap” come from?
Pap (English) comes from Afrikaans pap, from Dutch pap, from Dutch papa, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς.
Ancestry of “Pap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | pap | porridge |
| 2 | Dutch | pap | mush; porridge; Pa, dad |
| 3 | Dutch | papa | Dad |
| 4 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 5 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 6 | Old French | papa | — |
| 7 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 9 | Old Norse | súla | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |