Where does “poupe” come from?
poupe (Middle English) comes from Old French pope, from Italian poppa, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
Ancestry of “poupe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | pope | — |
| 2 | Italian | poppa | breast, boob; stern; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | puppa | stern |
| 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 |