Where does “papi” come from?
papi (Romanian) comes from Romanian papă, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
papi (Romanian): plural of papă; second-person singular present...
Definitions
- plural of papă; second-person singular present...
Ancestry of “papi”, step by step
papi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian papă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | papă | pope; food |
| 2 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 4 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via Romanian păpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păpa | to nom, to eat; to squander, to waste, to piss... |