Where does “suprapopulation” come from?

suprapopulation (English) comes from English population, from Late Latin populatio, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

suprapopulation (English): All the individuals of a species at all stages in their life cycle (in all hosts) in an ecosystem

Definitions

  1. All the individuals of a species at all stages in their life cycle (in all hosts) in an ecosystem

Ancestry of “suprapopulation”, step by step

suprapopulation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English population

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpopulationThe people living within a political or...
2Late Latinpopulatioa people, multitude; the act of laying waste or...
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via English supra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupraUsed to indicate that the current citation is...
2Georgianსუფრაtablecloth; the table on which supra is conducted
3Persianسفرهtablecloth
4Arabicسُفْرَةvictuals; table, especially for eating
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Late Latin populatio →