pappo
See also: pappò
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pappus from Ancient Greek πάππος (páppos), affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly a nursery word of imitative origin[1][2], or from Proto-Indo-European *pa (“eat, feed”)) from which are derived pāscō, pastor, pābulum, pābulor.
Compare with English pap, Portuguese papar, Bulgarian папам, Serbo-Croatian папати/papati, German Pappe, Czech papat.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpap.poː/
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Descendants
References
- pappo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pappo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- pappo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Johnson, Edwin Lee (1931): Latin words of common English, p. 73
- “pappo” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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