Where does “pauvrement” come from?

pauvrement (French) comes from French pauvre, from Spanish pobre, from Old Spanish pobre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pauvrement (French): poorly

Definitions

  1. poorly

Ancestry of “pauvrement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpauvrepoor; lacking, scanty; poor, pitiable
2Spanishpobrepoor
3Old Spanishpobre
4Latinpauperpoor
5Latinpavo-parsgetting little
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau-Every word from Latin pavo-parsEvery word from Latin pauper