Where does “popolazzjoni” come from?

popolazzjoni (Maltese) comes from Italian popolazione, from Italian popolare, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

popolazzjoni (Maltese): population

Definitions

  1. population

Ancestry of “popolazzjoni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpopolazionepopulation; people, nation
2Italianpopolareof the people, people's, popular; folk,...
3Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
4Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →