Where does “baba” come from?

baba (English) comes from Malay baba, from Malay bapa, from Kawi bapa, from Proto-Dravidian appa — father; A respectful term of address to a man.

baba (English): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured...

Definitions

  1. A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured...

Ancestry of “baba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybabafather
2Malaybapafather; mister, sir; God, the father of Creation
3Kawibapa—
4Proto-Dravidianappafather; A respectful term of address to a man
Every word from Proto-Dravidian appa →Every word from Kawi bapa →Every word from Malay bapa →