Where does “nonpopular” come from?

nonpopular (English) comes from English popular, from Middle English populer, from Old French populaire, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

nonpopular (English): Not popular

Definitions

  1. Not popular

Ancestry of “nonpopular”, step by step

nonpopular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English popular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpopularCommon among the general public; generally...
2Middle EnglishpopulerCommonly known
3Old Frenchpopulaire—
4Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
5Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →