Where does “popularly” come from?

Popularly derives from English popular, from Latin popularis, combining Latin populus with the suffix -aris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "common" or "of the people."

popularly (English): In a popular manner

Definitions

  1. In a popular manner

Ancestry of “popularly”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →