poblamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *poplos

Old Latin populus

Latin populus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin populāre

Spanish poblar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish poblamiento

From poblar (“to populate”) + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poblaˈmjento/ [po.β̞laˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: po‧bla‧mien‧to

Noun

poblamiento m (plural poblamientos)

1. (act of) population

Further reading

• “poblamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025