Where does “populærmusikk” come from?

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

populærmusikk (Norwegian Bokmål): popular music

Definitions

  1. popular music

Ancestry of “populærmusikk”, step by step

populærmusikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål populær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpopulærpopular
2Frenchpopulairepeople's; of the people
3Middle Frenchpopulaire—
4Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
5Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Norwegian Bokmål musikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmusikkmusic
2Latinmūsica—
3Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
4Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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