Where does “populär” come from?

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

populär (Swedish): popular

Definitions

  1. popular

Ancestry of “populär”, step by step

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

Words derived from “populär

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris