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PopeEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From pope; also used in Ireland/Scotland as a surname meaning "papa, father."
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗popeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Medieval Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗popeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Medieval Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗popeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
By analogy with bishop (“mulled and spiced wine”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗popeEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Russian поп (pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Medieval Greek παπᾶς (papâs) as above.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗popeEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Of Onomatopoeic origin.
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