Where does “PA” come from?
PA (Japanese) comes from English PA, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
PA (Japanese): PA system; public address system
Definitions
- PA system; public address system
Ancestry of “PA”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PA | Initialism of public address; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 3 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 4 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 5 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 6 | Old French | papa | — |
| 7 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 9 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |