Etymology of the English word people
the English word
peoplederived from the Old French word
pueplederived from the Classical Latin word
populus (members of a society, sex; region; people, nation, State; poplar tree)
Derivations in English
countrypeople,
craftspeople,
depeople,
dispeople,
overpeople,
peoplehood,
workpeople,
salespeople,
peoplingCognates
Catalan
poble, Dutch
populier, English
poplar, French
peuplier, French
peuple, German
Pappe, German
Pappel, Italian
popolo, Latin
populus, Norwegian
poppel, Portuguese
povo, Swedish
poppelUsage
Word found in Modern English
