Where does “popular” come from?

popular (Tagalog) comes from Spanish popular, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

popular (Tagalog): popular

Definitions

  1. popular

Ancestry of “popular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpopularpopular
2Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →