Where does “pioppicolo” come from?

pioppicolo (Italian) comes from Italian pioppo, from Vulgar Latin ploppus, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

pioppicolo (Italian): poplar

Definitions

  1. poplar

Ancestry of “pioppicolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpioppopoplar; the wood of such tree
2Vulgar Latinploppuspoplar tree
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Vulgar Latin ploppus →