Where does “pauper” come from?

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

pauper (Romanian): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “pauper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperpoor
2Latinpavo-parsgetting little
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →