Where does “choupo” come from?

choupo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese chopo, from Vulgar Latin ploppus, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

choupo (Portuguese): poplar

Definitions

  1. poplar

Ancestry of “choupo”, step by step

choupo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese chopo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesechopo—
2Vulgar Latinploppuspoplar tree
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Proto-Germanic skup-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskup-A stem found in various derivatives meaning:...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Vulgar Latin ploppus →