Where does “pauperess” come from?
pauperess (English) comes from English pauper, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.
pauperess (English): A female pauper
Ancestry of “pauperess”, step by step
pauperess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pauper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pauper | One who is extremely poor; One living on or... |
| 2 | Latin | pauper | poor |
| 3 | Latin | pavo-pars | getting little |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pau- | smallness |
via English ess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ess | The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something... |
| 2 | German | ess | first-person singular present of essen; singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | atiska- | grainfield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂edos- | sort of cereal, grain |