Where does “pupille” come from?

pupille (Middle French) comes 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

pupille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pūpilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūpilla—
2Latinpupulapupil; little lass
3Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via Latin pūpillus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūpillusorphan, ward
2Latinpūpusa boy, a child

Words derived from “pupille”

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