suppa

Forms

suppa f (genitive suppae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, an early Germanic loanword.^[1][2][3] Köbler compares Proto-Germanic *suppō- (“broth, soup”), and Etymonline compares Middle Dutch sop (“sop, broth”);^[2][3] both connect the Germanic word further with an Indo-European root for juice or taking in liquid.^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source for it is Oribasius, and it also appears in glossaries, one with an Old High German gloss.^[2] He glosses it as soup and as a slice of bread dipped in liquid.^[2]

Semantic evolution

The DMLBS defines it from glosses as a piece of bread dipped or soaked in liquid, a sop, and a medieval English vocabulary renders it a sope.^[4] Etymonline describes it as bread soaked in broth.^[3] It is the source of Italian zuppa, French soupe, Spanish sopa, Portuguese sopa and Romanian supă.^[1] English soup came from the French word in the 1650s.^[3]

Timeline

• c. 325–c. 403 AD – Oribasius uses it.^[2]
• 1650s – English soup is recorded, from French.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Late Latin) A piece of bread soaked in broth or other liquid, a sop.^[4][2][3]
2. (Late Latin) Soup, broth.^[1][2]

Related words

• English soup
• English sop

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
3. ^ a b c d e f g Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press