Where does “popet” come from?

popet (Middle English) comes from Old French poupette, from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

popet (Middle English): A small or young person

Definitions

  1. A small or young person

Ancestry of “popet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoupette—
2Frenchpoupéedoll
3Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
4Old Frenchpoupée—
5Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
6Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “popet”

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