subpopulation
Meaningan under-population
Common meaning: a distinct group within a larger population
- subunder; from below
- populthe people; a nationLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1398 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
‘under’ + ‘the people’ → subpopulation
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin populus ‘the people; a nation’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry populus, p. 1398 · dictionary scan
Roots
- populus, -ī Latin “the people; a nation”
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