Where does “populaire” come from?

populaire (Middle French) comes from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “populaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “populaire

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris