Where does “pappily” come from?
pappily (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.
pappily (English): In a pappy way or manner
Definitions
- In a pappy way or manner
Ancestry of “pappily”, step by step
pappily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pappy
| 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 |