Where does “chopo” come from?

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

chopo (Spanish): black poplar

Definitions

  1. black poplar

Ancestry of “chopo”, step by step

chopo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin ploppus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinploppuspoplar tree
2Latinpōpulusa people, nation
3Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Italian schioppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianschioppogun, rifle; shotgun
2Latinstloppusslap

Words derived from “chopo”

Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Vulgar Latin ploppus →