Where does “pupă” come from?
pupă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin puppare, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
pupă (Romanian): stern of a ship, poop; pupa
Definitions
- stern of a ship, poop; pupa
Ancestry of “pupă”, step by step
pupă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin puppare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | puppare | — |
| 2 | Latin | puppa | stern |
| 3 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 4 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
via French poupe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | poupe | poop, stern |
| 2 | Ligurian | popa | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | puppa | breast, teat, nipple, boob; stern |
| 4 | Latin | puppis | stern, poop of a ship; a ship; backside of a... |
via New Latin pupa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |