The story
- Latin · derived fromplēbēs
- Latin · derived fromplēbēius“a commoner; common”
- English todayplebeian
From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.