Where does “paucité” come from?

paucité (Middle French) comes from Latin paucitas, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “paucité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaucitasscarcity, paucity
2Latinpaucusfew, little
3Proto-Italicpaukosfew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ukos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “paucité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos →Every word from Proto-Italic paukos →