Etymology

poplar

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Today it means: Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. Full definition →

Middle English popler ← Anglo-Norman popler ← Old French poplier
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poplar · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompōpulus
  2. Old French · derived frompoplier
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived frompopler
  4. Middle English · inherited frompopler
  5. English todaypoplar

From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added.

Poplar · proper noun2

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.

Words from the same roots

Latinpōpulus all →

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