The story
From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kopite
Today it means: A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C.. Full definition →