Where does “pobre” come from?

pobre (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish pobre, from Old Spanish pobre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

Ancestry of “pobre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpobrepoor
2Old Spanishpobre
3Latinpauperpoor
4Latinpavo-parsgetting little
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

Words derived from “pobre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau-Every word from Latin pavo-parsEvery word from Latin pauper