Shock to know that PAPA is a French Word..?

@sanjani (125)
Germany
June 22, 2010 12:13am CST
Yesterday when i watching the movie "WINNERS AND SINNERS" in which daughter call his father papa and his father reply don't use french word. When i heard what papa is a french word..shocked..means that since from my birth i use french word because i also call my father papa. that means illiterate persons also know the french word because they use to call their father papa. Do you aware of this interesting facts ?
6 responses
homeshoppers
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
22 Jun 10
i dont think its a french word as even in my country or the whole world used that word even mama to call our parents since birth or even our ancestors. if french is the first country to build in this world then maybe i will believe that the word is from them but since all country exist at the same time then it means that the word is a universal words for our parents no matter what country we belong too.
siliguri
@siliguri (4241)
• India
22 Jun 10
Yeah! i knew that papa is a french word long ago before my elder brother said to me this interesting fact here in india commonly use papa to call his/her father..
Bala
@balasri (26537)
• India
22 Jun 10
There are many words of French origin we use in English like wart, collage, competition, force, machine, police, publicity, role, routine and table. Etymology is a very interesting subject with so many surprises for us.
denzlangga
@denzlangga (744)
• Philippines
22 Jun 10
I don't think its a french word, I am using papa as well but what I know if I'm not mistaken, it is a spanish word for Daddy. Anyways, I will do research about it first to be sure of. Thanks for the information, happy mylotting!
mspitot
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
22 Jun 10
many babies start saying papa and mama cause the sound "p" and "m" are bilabial that is easy or primarily used by babies. they have carried using it until tey grow but it doesn't mean that they know that it's french.
vikas_711
@vikas_711 (106)
• India
22 Jun 10
Hm its intreasting. I dont know but I have searched and confirmed tht its a French word. Here in India its a very common word consided it as a Hindi word.