An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Of a spiral galaxy, those stars that lie in a flattened disk and move in nearly circular orbits around its centre. They are Population I stars of all ages up to the age of the disk, but in general are younger than stars in → halo population.

Etymology (EN): → disk;
population, from L.L. populationem “a people, multitude,” from populatio, from populare “to inhabit,” from populus “people,” related to plebes “the common people,” cf. Gk. plethos “people, multitude, great number,” from PIE base *pel- “to be full;” Mod.Pers. por “full,” O.Pers. paru- “much, many,” Av. pouru- “much, many,” pərəna- “full,” par- “to fill,” Skt. puru-, Gk. polus, O.E. full “completely, full,” from P.Gmc. *fullaz, O.H.G. fol, Ger. voll, Goth. full.

Etymology (PE): Like Gk., Pers. uses the concepts of “multitude, many, full” to denote “people, group, herd, flock”. The following examples are all terms derived from O.Pers. paru- “much, many,” Av. par- “to fill,” pouru- “much, many,” pərəna- “full” (Mod.Pers. por “full”): literary Pers. bâré “herd, flock,” parré “a rank or file of soldiers, a circular disposition of troops,” Lori, Qâyeni bor “group, tribe, herd,” Torbat-Heydariyeyi, Qomi borr “heap, bundle, group,” Qomi borreh “group, assemblage of people,” Pashtu parrak “flock, herd,” Urdu para “flock, herd,” Lârestâni baila “group, tribe,” Tabari balik “herd, flock.” With this introduction,
porineš “population,” verbal noun of porinidan “to populate,” infinitive of porin “populous,” from por “mutitude, many, full”

• -in attribution suffix.