Where does “pupazzetto” come from?

pupazzetto (Italian) comes from Italian pupazzo, from Italian pupo, from Latin pūpus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pupazzetto (Italian): figurine, especially of a child

Definitions

  1. figurine, especially of a child

Ancestry of “pupazzetto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpupazzopuppet
2Italianpupoa small child; puppet
3Latinpūpusa boy, a child
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “pupazzetto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pūpus →Every word from Italian pupo →