Where does “pueblo” come from?

Pueblo comes from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus meaning "people" or "nation," traced through Old Latin populus and Proto-Italic poplos.

pueblo (English): A community in Spain or Spanish America,...

Definitions

  1. A community in Spain or Spanish America,...

Ancestry of “pueblo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpueblotown, village; the common people, the working...
2Old Spanishpueblopeople, nation
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
Every word from Proto-Italic poplosEvery word from Latin pōpulusEvery word from Old Spanish pueblo