Sunday is called Father’s Day, but many of us refer to our male
parents as Dad or Papa rather than by the more formal “father.” Why
does English have so many names for the same person? And where do
they all come from?
星期日又被称为父亲节，但我们大多数叫双亲中的男性一方Dad或Papa，而不是正式的“father”。为什么英语中同一个人会有如此多不同称呼？它们从何而来？
Like the names for our female parents, “papa” and its many
variations were primarily imitative of the first sounds that young
children make – the p, b and ah sound. Throughout the Middle East
and Asia, fathers are called “baba,” which sounds a lot like papa.
In fact papa, baba, and father are related to the Sanskrit word
pitr.
正如双亲中女性称呼（妈妈）一样，“papa”和它的各种变体最初都是模仿幼儿学舌的发音p,b和ah。整个中东及南亚地区，父亲都叫“baba”，听起来有点像papa。事实上，papa,
baba及father都跟梵文单词pitr有关。
“Dad” was recorded in the 1500s but probably was used by
children for a long period before that. The formal “father” was
spelled “fader” until as recently as the late 1500s. “Pops” is the
most recent linguistic twist on affectionate names for our dads. It
arose in America in the 1830s.
“Dad”最早出现在十六世纪的记录中，但可能早在此之前这个单词就被孩子们广泛使用。直到十六世纪末，“fader”一词才演变为如今比较正式的称呼“father”。“Pops”是最近对爸爸深情称呼的语言变体，它起源于十九世纪三十年代的美国。
Father’s Day started in Spokane, Washington in 1910. It did not
become an official holiday in the United States until 1972. It is
always celebrated on the third Sunday in June.
父亲节始于1910年华盛顿州的斯波坎市。直到1972年，父亲节才成为美国国家法定假日，定于六月第三个星期日。
What do you call your dad?
你怎么称呼你的爸爸？
英语原文来源：Dictionary.com
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