papa.
yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
Meaning & usage
yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
Where this word comes from
A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi, Polish papu. Also see the derivative pappō.
a dad, daddy, father
a bishop
a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”). Some common folk etymologies derive it from various Latin acronyms, such as Petrī apostolī potestātem accipiēns (literally “the one who receives the power of the apostle Peter”).
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