Etymology

electropop

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Today it means: a genre fusing electronic and pop music; technopop Full definition →

English pop ← Middle English populer ← Latin populāris
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The story

  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Proto-Italic*poplos
  7. Old Latinpopulus
  8. Latinpopulus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinpopulāri
  12. Old Frenchpopulaire
  13. Latinpopulāris
  14. Middle Englishpopuler
  15. Englishpopularclip.
  16. Englishpop
  17. English todayelectropop

From electro- + pop.

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