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Where does “populate” come from?

populate (Latin) comes from Latin populatus, from Latin populor, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

populate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of populātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of populātus

Ancestry of “populate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpopulatusravaged
2LatinpopulorI lay waste, ravage or devastate; I plunder or...
3Latinpōpulus—
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →