Where does “babacă” come from?

babacă (Romanian) comes from Greek μπαμπάκας, from Greek μπαμπάς, from French baba, from Polish baba, from Turkish baba, from Ottoman Turkish بابا, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا.

babacă (Romanian): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “babacă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμπαμπάκαςdaddy
2Greekμπαμπάςdad, father; baba
3Frenchbabababa type of cake
4Polishbabawoman; wife, girlfriend; a type of cake
5Turkishbabafather; Saint
6Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
7Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا

Words derived from “babacă

Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا
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