Where does “unpopulousness” come from?
unpopulousness (English) comes from English unpopulous, from English populous, from Latin populosus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.
unpopulousness (English): Quality of being unpopulous
Definitions
- Quality of being unpopulous
Ancestry of “unpopulousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unpopulous | Not populous; having a small population |
| 2 | English | populous | Having a large population; Spoken by a large... |
| 3 | Latin | populosus | full of people, populous; populous |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |