The story
- Latin · derived frompāpa“pope”
- Medieval Latin · derived frompāpātia
- Middle English · inherited frompapacie
- English todaypapacy
Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
Words from the same roots
Latinpāpa all →
papapapa-papaphiliapapaphobiapaparchy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.