Etymology Explorer › Middle Welsh

Where does “pobyl” come from?

pobyl (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic pobl, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

Ancestry of “pobyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpobl—
2Latinpōpulus—
3Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

Words derived from “pobyl”

  • pobloedd
  • pobl
  • metaboblogaeth
  • poblogaeth
  • poblog
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →