No, this isn't going to be as philosophical as the title might suggest...
I was just thinking this morning. In all the languages I know (and taking information from here), "father" starts with P (padre, papa) or B (baba). So who decided that Daddy would also mean Father in English? I think it was the men. When babies start talking, what is the first consonant sound they make? "Da". Seems like a conspiracy to me. They use the P and B sounds, too, but the very first one is usually the D. I think dads just wanted to believe that the first word their baby says is "Daddy".
Just my thinking, though....
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I think you're on to something there. "Daddy" is definitely the word Andrew says most often!
Where do you think Mom/Mama comes from? Exact same concept, that is why its so similar in all languages.
http://www.billcasselman.com/wording_room/mother.htm
And you are right, Dad is also because of how earily babies produce the sounde:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1446/whats-the-origin-of-the-word-dad
HA! You are definately on to something.
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