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