Where does “salchipapa” come from?
salchipapa (Spanish) comes from Spanish 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.
salchipapa (Spanish): In Peru, a street food consisting of fries and...
Definitions
- In Peru, a street food consisting of fries and...
Ancestry of “salchipapa”, step by step
salchipapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish papá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | papá | dad; parents |
| 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 |