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.
Ancestry of “popet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | poupette | — |
| 2 | French | poupée | doll |
| 3 | Middle French | poupée | doll, toy |
| 4 | Old French | poupée | — |
| 5 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 6 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |