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Populate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to fill a place with inhabitants, or to supply data to a system
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Stage 1 of 3
populus
Latin · ancient
"the people"
the people
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Stage 2 of 3
populare
Latin · ancient
"to fill with people"
to fill with people, from populus
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Stage 3 of 3
populate
English · 1500s
"to fill a place with inhabitants"
settled as the English word for filling a place with inhabitants
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