Where does “papa” come from?
Papa comes from French papa, which derives from Latin papa meaning "father," ultimately from an imitative word for the sound a child makes.
papa (English): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned...
Definitions
- Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned...
Ancestry of “papa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 2 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 3 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 4 | Old French | papa | — |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |