Where does “nepopular” come from?

nepopular (Romanian) comes from Romanian popular, from French populaire, from Middle French populaire, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

nepopular (Romanian): unpopular

Definitions

  1. unpopular

Ancestry of “nepopular”, step by step

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