Where does “paucity” come from?
Paucity comes from Middle French paucité, derived from Latin paucitas, formed from the Latin suffix -itas added to a root from Proto-Indo-European ph₁w- and peh₂w-, with the Proto-Indo-European suffix -kos.
paucity (English): Fewness in number; too few; A smallness in size...
Definitions
- Fewness in number; too few; A smallness in size...
Ancestry of “paucity”, step by step