Where does “pauper” come from?

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

pauper (Latin): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “pauper”, step by step

pauper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pavo-pars

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpavo-parsgetting little
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

via Proto-Indo-European ph₁w-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanph₁w-few, small

Words derived from “pauper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →