Where does “popskull” come from?
popskull (English) comes from English POP, 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.
popskull (English): cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally...
Definitions
- cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally...
Ancestry of “popskull”, step by step
popskull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English POP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | POP | Acronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of... |
| 2 | English | popular | Common among the general public; generally... |
| 3 | Middle English | populer | Commonly known |
| 4 | Old French | populaire | — |
| 5 | Latin | populāris | popular (by, of or for the people) |
| 6 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 7 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via English skull
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skull | The main bones of the head considered as a unit;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sculle | a type of oar |
| 3 | Old Norse | skalli | a bald head; bald head, skull |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skaljō | shell; husk; rind; peel |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |