Where does “paupertās” come from?

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

paupertās (Latin): the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence

Definitions

  1. the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence

Ancestry of “paupertās”, step by step

paupertās traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pauper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperpoor
2Latinpavo-parsgetting little
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

via Latin tas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintas—

Words derived from “paupertās”

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