Where does “papá” come from?
papá (Portuguese) comes from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
papá (Portuguese): dad; daddy; father; food
Definitions
- dad; daddy; father; food
Ancestry of “papá”, step by step
papá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French papa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 2 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 3 | Old French | papa | — |
| 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 |