Where does “popular” come from?

popular (Portuguese) comes from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

popular (Portuguese): popular; popular; affordable; democratic

Definitions

  1. popular; popular; affordable; democratic

Ancestry of “popular”, step by step

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

Words derived from “popular”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →