papa / Indo-European roots

Examples of words with the root papa: papa, pappus, pope.

papa

A child's word for "father" a linguistic near-universal found in many languages.

1. papa from French papa, father.
2. pappus, pope from Greek pappās, father, and pappos, grandfather.

[Pokorny pap(p)a 789.]


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