Where does “daddy” come from?

Daddy derives from English dad with the diminutive suffix -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a formative element used in creating derivative words.

daddy (English): Father; A male lover; An informal term of address...

Definitions

  1. Father; A male lover; An informal term of address...

Ancestry of “daddy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “daddy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →