Where does “grampie” come from?
grampie (English) comes from English grampa, from English grandpa, from English PA, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
Ancestry of “grampie”, step by step
grampie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grampa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grampa | grandfather |
| 2 | English | grandpa | grandfather |
| 3 | English | PA | Initialism of public address; Initialism of... |
| 4 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 5 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 6 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 7 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 8 | Old French | papa | — |
| 9 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 11 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via English ie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ie | Alternative form of i.e |