Where does “pap boat” come from?
pap boat (English) comes from English Pap, from Afrikaans pap, from Dutch pap, from Dutch papa, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
pap boat (English): A kind of sauceboat or dish
Definitions
- A kind of sauceboat or dish
Ancestry of “pap boat”, step by step
pap boat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pap | — |
| 2 | Afrikaans | pap | porridge |
| 3 | Dutch | pap | mush; porridge; Pa, dad |
| 4 | Dutch | papa | Dad |
| 5 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 6 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 7 | Old French | papa | — |
| 8 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 10 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via English boat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boat | A craft used for transportation of goods,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 3 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |