sop

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 373 words | Copyright

sop piece of bread, etc. dipped in liquid OE.; milksop XVII. Late OE. sopp, corr. to MLG. soppe, OHG. sopfa bread and milk, prob. f. wk. grade of the base of OE. sūpan SUP1.
So sop vb. dip in liquid OE. soppian (thereafter not till XVI, f. the sb.); drench, soak XVII; become wet XIX. sopping XIX. soppy †full of sops XVII; (colloq.) foolishly sentimental XIX.

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