Where does “papável” come from?
papável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese papá, 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 — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
papável (Portuguese): papabile
Definitions
- papabile
Ancestry of “papável”, step by step
papável traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese papá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 2 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 3 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 4 | Old French | papa | — |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |