Where does “pupe” come from?

pupe (English) comes from French pupe, from New Latin pupa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pupe (English): A pupa

Definitions

  1. A pupa

Ancestry of “pupe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpupea pupa
2New Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
3Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →