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Where does “pops” come from?

Pops derives from papa, which comes from French papa, a word for father that likely originated from infantile reduplication.

pops (English): Father, dad; A man old enough to be the speaker's...

Definitions

  1. Father, dad; A man old enough to be the speaker's...

Ancestry of “pops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPOPAcronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of...
2EnglishpopularCommon among the general public; generally...
3Middle Englishpopuler—
4Old Frenchpopulaire—
5Latinpopulāris—
6Latin-āris—
7Latin-ālis—
8Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “pops”

  • popsy
  • ポップス
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