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Where does “depauperare” come from?

depauperare (Italian) comes from Latin pauperō, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

depauperare (Italian): To impoverish

Definitions

  1. To impoverish

Ancestry of “depauperare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperō—
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

Words derived from “depauperare”

  • depauperamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →