Etymology

pog

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English pogchamp ← Middle English champioun ← Old French champiun
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pog · adjective, interjection, verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  5. Latinpatior
  6. Latinpassiō
  7. Old Englishpassion
  8. Latinpassiō
  9. Old Frenchpassion
  10. Middle Englishpassioun
  11. Englishpassion
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
  15. Proto-Italic*frūjōr
  16. Latinfruor
  17. Latinfrūctus
  18. Old Frenchfruit
  19. Middle Englishfruyt
  20. Englishfruit
  21. Englishpassion fruit
  22. Italianmelarancia
  23. Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
  24. Old Occitanauranjainflu.
  25. Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
  26. Old Frenchorenge
  27. Middle Frenchorange
  28. Middle Englishorenge
  29. Englishorange
  30. Taíno*wayaba
  31. Spanishguayaba
  32. Englishguava
  33. EnglishPOG
  34. Englishpog
  35. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  37. Proto-Italic*kampos
  38. Latincampus
  39. Proto-West Germanic*kamp
  40. Proto-West Germanic*kampijan
  41. Frankish*kampijō
  42. Medieval Latincampiō
  43. Old Frenchchampiun
  44. Middle Englishchampioun
  45. Englishchampion
  46. Englishchamp
  47. Englishpogchamp
  48. English todaypog

A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG. An erroneous folk etymology states that pog is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

pog · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  5. Latinpatior
  6. Latinpassiō
  7. Old Englishpassion
  8. Latinpassiō
  9. Old Frenchpassion
  10. Middle Englishpassioun
  11. Englishpassion
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
  15. Proto-Italic*frūjōr
  16. Latinfruor
  17. Latinfrūctus
  18. Old Frenchfruit
  19. Middle Englishfruyt
  20. Englishfruit
  21. Englishpassion fruit
  22. Italianmelarancia
  23. Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
  24. Old Occitanauranjainflu.
  25. Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
  26. Old Frenchorenge
  27. Middle Frenchorange
  28. Middle Englishorenge
  29. Englishorange
  30. Taíno*wayaba
  31. Spanishguayaba
  32. Englishguava
  33. EnglishPOG
  34. English todaypog

Genericization of the trademark POG. From juice brand POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava). From the POG brand supplying cardboard milk bottle cap liners as playing pieces for milk caps.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.