Where does “pobret” come from?

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

pobret (Catalan): poor thing someone or something to be pitied

Definitions

  1. poor thing someone or something to be pitied

Ancestry of “pobret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpobrepoor
2Old Occitanpaubrepoor; pauper; poor person
3Latinpauperpoor
4Latinpavo-parsgetting little
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau-Every word from Latin pavo-parsEvery word from Latin pauper
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