Where does “popar” come from?

popar (Occitan) comes from Occitan popa, from Old Occitan popa, from Vulgar Latin puppa, from Latin puppis — stern, poop of a ship; a ship; backside of a...

popar (Occitan): to suckle

Definitions

  1. to suckle

Ancestry of “popar”, step by step

popar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan popa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanpopastern, poop
2Old Occitanpopa—
3Vulgar Latinpuppabreast, teat, nipple, boob; stern
4Latinpuppisstern, poop of a ship; a ship; backside of a...

via Latin pupa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
2Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
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