Etymograph

English

apa

Apa comes from Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ, from Ancient Greek ἀββα ‘father’, and ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-.

  1. Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*ʔab-‘father’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ʔabw-‘father’reconstructed
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEאַבָּאʾabbā‘father’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀββα‘father’
  5. Copticmodernⲁⲡⲁapa
  6. Englishtodayapa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*ʔab-‘father’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ʔabw-‘father’reconstructed
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEאַבָּאʾabbā‘father’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀββα‘father’
  5. Copticmodernⲁⲡⲁapa
  6. Englishtodayapa

Linked words

through Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- ‘father’

abbot, 5 more

through Aramaic אַבָּא ‘father’

abate, 1 more

through Ancient Greek ἀββα ‘father’

abbey, abbess, abbé, 4 more

Today it means

noun A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- / apa

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