Where does “popolazione” come from?
popolazione (Italian) comes from Italian popolare, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
popolazione (Italian): population; people, nation
Definitions
- population; people, nation
Ancestry of “popolazione”, step by step
popolazione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian popolare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | popolare | of the people, people's, popular; folk,... |
| 2 | Latin | populāris | popular (by, of or for the people) |
| 3 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Latin populationem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | populationem | accusative singular of populātiō; population; a... |