publicus

Etymology
From, from , which became 🇨🇬, ultimately from , of unknown origin.

The change from -ŏp- to -ūb- is traditionally explained as paronymic attraction to. An alternative explanation is that it is a regular sound change, divisible into two steps: voicing of -p-, then breaking of -o- to -ou- (subsequently monophthongized to -ū-).

Adjective

 * 1) of or belonging to the people, state, or community
 * 2) public, general
 * 1) public, general
 * 1) public, general

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Noun

 * 1) a public officer, magistrate