Where does “cake pop” come from?
cake pop (English) comes from English lollipop, from English lolly, from English LOL, from English content, from Middle English content, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn- — resin.
cake pop (English): A confection consisting of a round piece of cake...
Definitions
- A confection consisting of a round piece of cake...
Ancestry of “cake pop”, step by step
cake pop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lollipop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lollipop | An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of... |
| 2 | English | lolly | A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop;... |
| 3 | English | LOL | Laughing out loud; Lots of laughs; Lots of love |
| 4 | English | content | satisfied; Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure;... |
| 5 | Middle English | content | — |
| 6 | Latin | contentus | stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the... |
| 7 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |