Where does “pupille” come from?

pupille (Italian) comes from Italian pupilla, from Latin pūpilla, from Latin pupula, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pupille (Italian): plural of pupilla

Definitions

  1. plural of pupilla

Ancestry of “pupille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpupillapupil; female equivalent of pupillo
2Latinpūpilla—
3Latinpupulapupil; little lass
4Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →