Where does “pappy” come from?
pappy (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.
pappy (English): Like pap; soft; mushy; father; grandfather
Definitions
- Like pap; soft; mushy; father; grandfather
Ancestry of “pappy”, step by step
pappy 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 |