Where does “ploppus” come from?

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

ploppus (Vulgar Latin): poplar tree

Definitions

  1. poplar tree

Ancestry of “ploppus”, step by step

ploppus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pōpulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpōpulusa people, nation
2Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Classical Latin pōpulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Latinpōpulus—

Words derived from “ploppus”

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