Where does “povreskar” come from?

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

povreskar (Ido): to impoverish

Definitions

  1. to impoverish

Ancestry of “povreskar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idopovrapoor
2Frenchpauvrepoor; lacking, scanty; poor, pitiable
3Spanishpobrepoor
4Old Spanishpobre
5Latinpauperpoor
6Latinpavo-parsgetting little
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau-Every word from Latin pavo-parsEvery word from Latin pauper