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Where does “sovrappopolamento” come from?

sovrappopolamento (Italian) comes from Italian popolamento, from Italian popolare, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

sovrappopolamento (Italian): overpopulation

Definitions

  1. overpopulation

Ancestry of “sovrappopolamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpopolamentopopulace; populating
2Italianpopolareof the people, people's, popular; folk,...
3Latinpopulāris—
4Latin-āris—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—
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