papacy

‘position, rank, or authority of a pope’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

     E. papassie, papacye, pepecy < Med.Lat. papatia ‘papal office’ < La.Lat. papa ‘pope’ < Ch.Lat. papa ‘bishop, pope,’  ‘father’  < Gk. papas ‘patriarch, bishop,’  ‘father,’ similar to pappa ‘o father,’ pappas ‘father,’  pappos ‘grandfather < paypuh < Tamil appā