Where does “prouve” come from?

prouve (Champenois) comes from Old French povre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

prouve (Champenois): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “prouve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpovrepoor
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →