Etymograph

English

semipopular

From semi- + popular.

Formed from semi- + popular

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’

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Latin populus ‘a people’

Latin populāris ‘of the people’

Old French populaire

Middle English populer ‘commonly known’

English popular

Today it means

adj Somewhat popular; verging towards the popular.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semipopular”. 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.

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