Where does “pupil” come from?

pupil (Danish) comes from Latin pūpilla, from Latin pupula, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pupil (Danish): pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Definitions

pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Ancestry of “pupil”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	pūpilla	—
2	Latin	pupula	pupil; little lass
3	Latin	pupa	girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4	Latin	pupus	a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂w-	few, little; smallness

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →