When I was a child, I told my mother that I couldn't taste the paprika. She told me that if it were left out, I'd know and miss it. Of course, she was correct. :-)
Hungarian words always have the accent on the first syllable, hence it is pronounced POPrika. Sadly, most people say pap-a-rika or papRIKA; both of which makes my teeth hurt, when I hear it.
Paprika is made of a pepper plant, dried and ground to a powder.
I grew paprika peppers once. I may have dried them, but did not grind them.
Anyway, pepper plants are from the new world. I.e., they are American. They are related to tomatoes and potatoes. The way some of these new world foods have been accepted in the rest of the world, I wonder what people ate before Columbus made his voyage.