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Pope comes from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek παπᾶς, from Greek πάπας, from πάππας ‘papa’.

1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάππας¹páppas‘papa, daddy’
2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάπας¹‘spiritual father’
3. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453παπᾶς¹‘priest, bishop’
4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpapa¹
5. Old Englishc. 450–1150pāpa¹
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pope¹
7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1400pope¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English pope
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1400, John Mandeville, Travels (Titus C.xvi: “In þat yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe,…”.