Etymology

unpopular

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Today it means: Lacking popularity. Full definition →

English popular ← Middle English populer ← Latin populāris
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Italic*poplos
  9. Old Latinpopulus
  10. Latinpopulus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Latinpopulāri
  14. Old Frenchpopulaire
  15. Latinpopulāris
  16. Middle Englishpopuler
  17. Englishpopular
  18. English todayunpopular

From un- + popular.

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