English
hillspeople
From hill + -s- + people.
Formed from hill + -s- + people
Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’
Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’
Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’
Old English hyll ‘hill’
Middle English hil ‘hill’
English hill
Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’
…
Latin populus ‘a people, nation’
Old French pueple ‘a people’
Anglo-Norman people
Middle English puple
English people
Today it means
noun The members of a tribe inhabiting the hills.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hillspeople