Where does “pouôrre” come from?

pouôrre (Norman) comes from Old French povre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pouôrre (Norman): poor; poor; wretched; miserable

Definitions

  1. poor; poor; wretched; miserable

Ancestry of “pouôrre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpovrepoor
2Latinpauperpoor
3Latinpavo-parsgetting little
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

Words derived from “pouôrre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →
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