papal
‘belonging to the pope’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. papalle, papall < O.F. papal < Med.Lat. papalis ‘pertaining to the pope’ < papa < Ch.Lat. papa ‘bishop, pope’ < Gk. papas ‘patriarch, bishop,’ ‘father,’ similar to pappa ‘o father,’ pappas ‘father,’ pappos ‘grandfather < payp < Tamil appā