Where does “unpopular” come from?

Unpopular derives from English popular, from Latin populāris, from Latin -ālis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, meaning "being" or "existing."

unpopular (English): Lacking popularity; Not liked or popular;...

Definitions

  1. Lacking popularity; Not liked or popular;...

Ancestry of “unpopular”, 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

Words derived from “unpopular”

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