Where does “populous” come from?

Populous comes from Latin populosus, meaning "full of people."

populous (English): Having a large population; Spoken by a large...

Definitions

  1. Having a large population; Spoken by a large...

Ancestry of “populous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpopulosusfull of people, populous; populous
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “populous”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Latin populosus →