Where does “pobre” come from?

pobre (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pobre, from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

pobre (Portuguese): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “pobre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pobre”

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