plebe

The story

1. Middle French · derived fromplebe“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”
2. Latin · derived fromplēbs“the plebeian class”
3. English todayplebe

From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), probably via Middle French plebe (“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”) and possibly later understood as a clipping of plebeian. Cognate with Italian plebe, Spanish plebe, Portuguese plebe.

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