English
popularize
From popular + -ize.
A compound of popular + -ize
Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’
…
Latin populus ‘a people’
Latin populāris ‘of the people’
Old French populaire
Middle English populer ‘commonly known’
English popular
Today it means
verb American and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “popularize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / popularize