Where does “puplet” come from?

puplet (English) comes from English pup, from English puppy, from English puppie, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

puplet (English): A little dog; a puppy

Definitions

  1. A little dog; a puppy

Ancestry of “puplet”, step by step

puplet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpupA young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the...
2EnglishpuppyA young dog, especially before sexual maturity; A...
3EnglishpuppieObsolete form of puppy
4Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
5Old Frenchpoupée
6Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
7Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via English let

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishletTo allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow...
2Middle Englishletento let
3Old Englishlǣtanto let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let...
4Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
5Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-