paus

Concepts

pope

pontiff

pontifex

Theodore

Synonyms

hogepriester

Translations

Papst

papa

papa

pape

papa

papa

πάπας

Papa

papa

papa

pontefice

pater

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Pontifex

pāpa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑu̯s/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: paus

Cognate with German: Papst

In summary

From Middle Dutch paus, paues, pauwes, from Old French papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval Latin pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin. Doublet of paap.