Where does “meeple” come from?
meeple (English) comes from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus, from Old Latin poplos — army.
meeple (English): A small person-shaped figure used as a player's...
Definitions
- A small person-shaped figure used as a player's...
Ancestry of “meeple”, step by step
meeple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English people
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 2 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 4 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 5 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |
via English My
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | My | megayear; Alternative letter-case form of my... |
| 2 | Middle English | mi | First-person singular genitive determiner: my |
| 3 | Middle English | min | First-person singular genitive determiner: my;... |
| 4 | Old English | mīn | my, mine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *mīn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |