Where does “pover” come from?

pover (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French povre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

Ancestry of “pover”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpovrepoor
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

Words derived from “pover”

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