πάπας

See also: παπάς and παπᾶς

Ancient Greek edit

πάπας • (pápas) m (genitive πάπου); first declension

Either^[1] Inherited from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “pope”), from Medieval Latin papa (a mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), from Late Koine Greek πάπας (pápas, “Christian priest; bishop of Rome”),...
or,^[2] a modern αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “reborrowing”) from Medieval Latin papa, from Late Koine Greek πάπας (pápas, “Christian priest; bishop of Rome”),...
which derives from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”), an imitative/nursery word (See French papa).
The etymology of πάπας -and παπᾶς (papâs)- is discussed by Eustathius at Opuscula 38.line 58 & 39.50.

πάπας • (pápas) m (plural πάπες)

declension of πάπας

^ πάπας - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
^ πάπας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.