I searched the archive because I think that this was covered before however I could not find the answer.
So, does anyone know when this word first came into use and what the derivative of the word Oops are and what they meant, too?
The key to the word oops may lie in the interchangeable expressions upsadaisy, upsidaisy and oops-a-daisy.
These phrases, originating in the 19th century, are soothing exclamations offered to a fallen child as one picks them up, possibly invoking the image of plucking a daisy from a lawn.
Oops is an exclamation dating from the 1930s and it is used on dropping something (not acid obviously), tripping over (ditto), bumping into someone or something, making a mistake etc.