| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |