Pap
/pæp/noun
Soft food made into a mush or pulp, especially for babies or the elderly.
Did you know?Pap is one of those old, simple sounding words that likely arose as a nursery word, showing how some of the oldest vocabulary can come from baby-talk rather than formal speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pa-
“A nursery sound used in early child-directed speech”
Late Latin
Latin
pappa
“Food for children; soft food, pap”
Old French
Old French
pappe
“Soft food, mush, pap”
Middle English
English
pap
“Soft food or mush, especially for infants”
Modern English
English
pap
“Soft food made into a pulp or mush”