Etymology

actio popularis

Today it means: Action to obtain remedy by a person or a group in the name of the collective interest. Full definition →

Latin actio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromactio“action”
  2. English todayactio popularis

Latin actio (“action”) + popularis (“of the people”)

Words from the same roots

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