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Where does “popular” come from?

popular (Spanish) comes from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

popular (Spanish): popular; Pertaining to PP , a Spanish political...

Definitions

  1. popular; Pertaining to PP , a Spanish political...

Ancestry of “popular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpopulāris—
2Latin-āris—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “popular”

  • popularmente
  • popularización
  • popularizar
  • impopular
  • impopularidad
  • antipopular
  • popular
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