Where does “pioppo” come from?

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

pioppo (Italian): poplar; the wood of such tree

Definitions

  1. poplar; the wood of such tree

Ancestry of “pioppo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinploppuspoplar tree
2Latinpōpulusa people, nation
3Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

Words derived from “pioppo”

Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Vulgar Latin ploppus →