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Where does “poverté” come from?

poverté (Old French) comes from Latin paupertās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

poverté (Old French): poverty; poorness

Definitions

  1. poverty; poorness

Ancestry of “poverté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaupertās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “poverté”

  • poverty
  • antipoverty
  • pov
  • nonpoverty
  • poverty-ridden
  • povvo
  • pauvreté
  • povreté
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