Where does “poco” come from?
poco (Italian) comes from Spanish poco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
poco (Italian): little, not much; little, not very, poorly; a...
Definitions
- little, not much; little, not very, poorly; a...
Ancestry of “poco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | poco | little, not much; few, not many; un-, not |
| 2 | Latin | paucus | few, little |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | paukos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ukos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
Words derived from “poco”