Where does “upopulær” come from?
upopulær (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.
upopulær (Norwegian Bokmål): unpopular
Definitions
- unpopular
Ancestry of “upopulær”, step by step
upopulær traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål populær
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | populær | popular |
| 2 | French | populaire | people's; of the people |
| 3 | Middle French | populaire | — |
| 4 | Latin | populāris | popular (by, of or for the people) |
| 5 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |