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father, 1680s, from French papa, from Latin papa, originally a child's word, cf. The native word is daddy; first use of papa was in courtly speech, as a continental affectation, not used by common folk until late 18c.
In linguistics, mama and papa is the sequences of sounds /ma/, /mama/ and similar ones known to correspond to the word for mother and father in many languages of the world. The basic kinship terms mama and papa are a special case of false cognates. The cross-linguistic similarities between these terms are thought to result from the nature of language acquisition. These words are the first word-like sounds made by babbling babies, and parents tend to associate the first sound babies make with