Where does “pappa” come from?

pappa (Italian) comes from Latin pappa, from Latin pappo — I eat, eat pap.

pappa (Italian): baby food; pap, mush; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. baby food; pap, mush; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “pappa”, step by step

pappa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpappasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2LatinpappoI eat, eat pap

via Italian pappare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpappareto gobble up or tuck into; to appropriate or walk...
2Latinpappāre—

Words derived from “pappa”

Every word from Latin pappo →