English
pop
Pop comes from Middle English pop.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pop
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pop
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “He that hath . . ./ Popp'd in between…”
The story
The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
Every English word from Middle English pop
Another origin of pop
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453πάπαςpápas
- Old Church Slavonicmodernпопъpopŭ‘priest’
- Russianmodernпопpop‘priest’
- Englishtodaypop
Today it means
noun A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English pop / pop