Translation
popular
Word origin
From Latin popularis, belonging to the people, built on populus. Esperanto has the same root twice over: popolo came in through the noun, populara through the Latin adjective, and the two are relatives rather than a derivation.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- popularis
- English cognates
- popular, population, people
Examples
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That music is very popular among young people.
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The book became popular in many countries.
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He wrote a popular history of the sea.
means widely liked, and popola means of the people - a distinction English blurs when it says popular song for both. Popola is a folk song; is a hit. The noun is o, and to make something popular is i.
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