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Where does “popular” come from?

popular (Romanian) comes from French populaire, from Middle French populaire, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

popular (Romanian): popular

Definitions

  1. popular

Ancestry of “popular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpopulairepopular , working-class; popular; People's, as in...
2Middle Frenchpopulaire—
3Latinpopulāris—
4Latin-āris—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “popular”

  • nepopular
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