Where does “папа римский” come from?
папа римский (Russian) comes from Russian па́па, 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.
папа римский (Russian): Roman Catholic pope
Definitions
- Roman Catholic pope
Ancestry of “папа римский”, step by step
папа римский traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian па́па
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | па́па | daddy; dad; pope |
| 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 |