Etymology

popularise

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Today it means: To make something popular. Full definition →

English popular ← Middle English populer ← Latin populāris
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*poplos
  2. Old Latinpopulus
  3. Latinpopulus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Latinpopulāri
  7. Old Frenchpopulaire
  8. Latinpopulāris
  9. Middle Englishpopuler
  10. Englishpopular
  11. English todaypopularise

From popular + -ise.

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