Where does “پاپ” come from?
پاپ (Persian) comes from French pape, from Middle French pape, from Old French pape, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
پاپ (Persian): pop; pop music
Definitions
- pop; pop music
Ancestry of “پاپ”, step by step
پاپ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pape | Pope |
| 2 | Middle French | pape | — |
| 3 | Old French | pape | Pope |
| 4 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 6 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via English POP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | POP | Acronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of... |
| 2 | English | popular | Common among the general public; generally... |
| 3 | Middle English | populer | Commonly known |
| 4 | Old French | populaire | — |
| 5 | Latin | populāris | popular (by, of or for the people) |
| 6 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 7 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |