Where does “poupette” come from?

poupette (Old French) comes from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “poupette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoupéedoll
2Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
3Old Frenchpoupée—
4Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “poupette”

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