Where does “pop” come from?

pop (Slovak) comes from English POP, from English popular, from Middle English populer, from Old French populaire, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

pop (Slovak): priest; pop music, pop

Definitions

  1. priest; pop music, pop

Ancestry of “pop”, step by step

pop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English POP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPOPAcronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of...
2EnglishpopularCommon among the general public; generally...
3Middle EnglishpopulerCommonly known
4Old Frenchpopulaire
5Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
6Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
7Latin-ālis
8Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Old Church Slavonic попъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпопъpriest
2Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
3Old Norsesúlapillar, column
4Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris