Where does “pupille” come from?

pupille (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla, from Latin pupula, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “pupille”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	pupille	orphan
2	Latin	pūpilla	—
3	Latin	pupula	pupil; little lass
4	Latin	pupa	girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5	Latin	pupus	a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂w-	few, little; smallness

Words derived from “pupille”

pupil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →