Where does “dappoco” come from?

dappoco (Italian) comes from Italian poco, from Spanish poco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

dappoco (Italian): inept; insignificant

Definitions

  1. inept; insignificant

Ancestry of “dappoco”, step by step

dappoco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian poco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpocolittle, not much; little, not very, poorly; a...
2Spanishpocolittle, not much; few, not many; un-, not
3Latinpaucusfew, little
4Proto-Italicpaukosfew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ukos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via Italian dà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandàthird-person singular present of dare;...
2Latinābfrom, away from, out of
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “dappoco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →