Etymology

paw-paw

Spanish papaya ← Lokono papáia
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paw-paw · noun1

  1. Lokono · derived frompapáia
  2. Spanish · derived frompapaya
  3. English todaypaw-paw

Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya from Lokono papáia; compare also Kari'na kapaja.

paw-paw · noun2

Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father).

Words from the same roots

Spanishpapaya all →

papayapawpaw

Lokonopapáia all →

papayapawpaw

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.