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Where does “peuplement” come from?

peuplement (French) comes from French peupler, from French peuple, from Middle French peuple, from Old French pueple, from Old French poblo, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

peuplement (French): populating

Definitions

  1. populating

Ancestry of “peuplement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpeuplerto populate
2Frenchpeuplepeople
3Middle Frenchpeuplea people
4Old Frenchpueplea people
5Old FrenchpobloAlternative form of pueple
6Latinpōpulus—
7Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
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