myEtymology.com: English etymology of depeople

Etymology of the English word depeople

the English word depeople

using the English prefix de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)

derived from the Old French prefix de-

derived from the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the English word people

derived from the Old French word pueple

derived from the Classical Latin word populus (members of a society, sex; region; people, nation, State; poplar tree)