Word Origin Summary

Papa is attested in Vulgar Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Папа

  Ukrainian · borrowed from

• pápa

  Irish · derived from

• popi

  Tok Pisin · derived from

• မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈပူပ်ႉ

  Shan · borrowed from

• โป๊ป

  Thai · borrowed from

• pope

  Middle English · derived from

• pope

  English · derived from

• ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ်ပူပ်ႉ

  Shan · borrowed from

What You Can Explore

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