טַרַפַּפּוּ

The word "טַרַפַּפּוּ" (tarapapu) in Israeli Hebrew comes from Ladino, and it is a term for "great-grandfather" (the father of the grandfather). The word is composed of two parts: the prefix "טַרַה-" (tara-) and the word "פַּפּוּ" (papu). The second part, "papu," is the Greek word for "grandfather," πάππος (pappos), which was also adopted in Ladino. The prefix "tara-" is used in Ladino to add a generation in family relations, similar to the prefix "tatar-" in Spanish (for example in the word tatarabuelo, which means "great-grandfather"). The origin of this prefix is in the Latin prefix trans, which means "beyond," and was used to denote more distant generations in the family tree. In Israeli Hebrew, the word "tarapapu" is sometimes used humorously to denote a very old person or thing, and also as an expression for a very ancient period, as in the expression "from the year tarapapu," which means "from a very long time ago," similar to the Hebrew expression "from days of yore."