Where does “poupée” come from?

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

poupée (French): doll

Definitions

  1. doll

Ancestry of “poupée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
2Old Frenchpoupée—
3Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “poupée”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →