Etymograph

English

gwop

Gwop may come from Spanish guapo ‘arrowroot’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentguapo‘arrowroot’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011gwop

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentguapo‘arrowroot’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011gwop

Earliest quotation: 2011, Rappin’ ’Bout Nothing: “We just rappin’ ’bout nuttin, but we count this…”

The story

May be a dialectal pronunciation of Spanish guapo used as a noun, thus being a doublet of wop. The attestation of the aforementioned term in English as guapo in the same sense may likely be a secondary interpretation, cf. buckaroo meaning buck (‘dollar’). The acronym of George Washington On Paper is likely a backronym.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Linked words

through Spanish guapo ‘arrowroot’

wop

Today it means

noun money, moola

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish guapo / gwop

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