Where does “pauperie” come from?

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

pauperie (Italian): poverty

Definitions

  1. poverty

Ancestry of “pauperie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperiēspoverty
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 →