Where does “popolsurfado” come from?

popolsurfado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto popolo, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

popolsurfado (Esperanto): crowd surfing act of being carried over the heads of a densely-packed crowd

Definitions

  1. crowd surfing act of being carried over the heads of a densely-packed crowd

Ancestry of “popolsurfado”, step by step

popolsurfado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto popolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopopolopeople
2Latinpōpulusa people, nation
3Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Esperanto surfi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosurfito surf
2EnglishsurfWaves that break on an ocean shoreline; An...
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Esperanto popolo →