Where does “pobre” come from?

pobre (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese pobre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pobre (Galician): poor; scanty; unfortunate

Definitions

  1. poor; scanty; unfortunate

Ancestry of “pobre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepobrepoor
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →