Where does “pauper” come from?

pauper (Dutch) comes from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pauper (Dutch): pauper

Definitions

  1. pauper

Ancestry of “pauper”, step by step

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