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vulgus.

common people/general public/multitude/common herd/rabble/crowd/mob; flock;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwʊɫ.ɡʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈvul.ɡus]

  1. the common people

    declension-2 · masculine · neuter · singular · uncountable

  2. the public

    declension-2 · masculine · neuter · singular · uncountable

  3. throng, crowd

    declension-2 · masculine · neuter · singular

  4. gathering

    declension-2 · masculine · neuter · singular
Where this word comes from

May be from Proto-Italic *wolgos or *welgos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to throng, crowd”), whence also Welsh gwala (“sufficiency, enough”), Middle Breton gwalc'h (“abundance”), Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group, division”); see also Latin volvō (“to roll, turn over”) for the same or a similar root. Some have attempted, without success, to link it to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go-s, whence English folk.

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