Where does “pobre” come from?

pobre (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan paubre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pobre (Catalan): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “pobre”, step by step

pobre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan paubre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanpaubrepoor; pauper; poor person
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

via Old Occitan pobre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanpobre—

Words derived from “pobre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →