Where does “pa” come from?
pa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog papa, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
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Ancestry of “pa”, step by step
pa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog papa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | papa | dad; daddy |
| 2 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 3 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 4 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 5 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 6 | Old French | papa | — |
| 7 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 9 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via Austronesian *pa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austronesian | *pa | — |