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Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

Shortened from popular (concert).

From pop (“father”).

Etymology tree Middle English poppen Middle English pop /poppe English pop From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

Etymology tree Middle French papa French papabor. English papa English poppa English pop From papa or poppa.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popularclip. English pop Clipping of popular.

Clipping of population.

Etymology tree Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ)bor. Russian поп (pop)der. English pop From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Medieval Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.