Where does “populer” come from?

populer (Ladin) comes from Ladin popul, from Italian popolo, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

populer (Ladin): popular, common; To populate

Definitions

  1. popular, common; To populate

Ancestry of “populer”, step by step

populer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ladin popul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladinpopulpeople
2Italianpopolopeople; first-person singular indicative present...
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Latin populāris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Italian popolo →