Etymology Explorer › EnglishWhere does “come to papa” come from? come to papa (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.
Ancestry of “come to papa”, step by step come to papa traces back through 3 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
via English to Step Language Word Meaning 1 English to A particle used for marking the following verb as... 2 Middle English to toe; to; too 3 Middle English tone the one 4 Latin tonus The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... 5 Ancient Greek τόνος rope, cord; chord; tone, note 6 Proto-Hellenic tónos rope, cord; tension 7 Proto-Indo-European tónos something stretched; chord, fiber, string 8 Proto-Indo-European ten- to stretch, to extend
via English come Step Language Word Meaning 1 English come To move from further away to nearer to; To... 2 Middle English comen to come 3 Old English cuman to come 4 Proto-West Germanic kweman to come 5 Proto-Germanic kwemaną to come 6 Proto-Indo-European gʷémt to step, to take a step; to arrive 7 Proto-Indo-European gʷem- to step