Where does “grandpappy” come from?
grandpappy (English) comes from English pappy, from English Pap, from Afrikaans pap, from Dutch pap, from Dutch papa, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
grandpappy (English): grandfather
Definitions
- grandfather
Ancestry of “grandpappy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pappy | Like pap; soft; mushy; father; grandfather |
| 2 | English | Pap | — |
| 3 | Afrikaans | pap | porridge |
| 4 | Dutch | pap | mush; porridge; Pa, dad |
| 5 | Dutch | papa | Dad |
| 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 |