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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Popović | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pop | priest |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | попъ | priest |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 5 | Old Norse | súla | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |