Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To steep or dip in any liquid. · To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.
Something entirely soaked. · A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. · Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe. · Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.
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This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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