Where does “popularize” come from?

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

popularize (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “popularize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepopularizarto popularize
2Portuguesepopularpopular; popular; affordable; democratic
3Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
4Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →