Where does “paure” come from?
paure (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan paubre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.
paure (Occitan): poor; poor person
Ancestry of “paure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | paubre | poor; pauper; poor person |
| 2 | Latin | pauper | poor |
| 3 | Latin | pavo-pars | getting little |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pau- | smallness |