Where does “Popovic” come from?

Popović is a Serbo-Croatian surname derived from pop, meaning priest, from Old Church Slavonic попъ, from Ancient Greek παπάς, ultimately from πάππας meaning father.

Ancestry of “Popovic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianPopović
2Serbo-Croatianpoppriest
3Old Church Slavonicпопъpriest
4Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
5Old Norsesúlapillar, column
6Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz