Where does “pupilă” come from?
pupilă (Romanian) comes from Romanian pupil, from French pupille, from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpilla, from Latin pupula, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
pupilă (Romanian): pupil
Definitions
- pupil
Ancestry of “pupilă”, step by step
pupilă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pupil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pupil | pupil |
| 2 | French | pupille | pupil; an orphan under guardianship, a ward |
| 3 | Middle French | pupille | — |
| 4 | Latin | pūpilla | — |
| 5 | Latin | pupula | pupil; little lass |
| 6 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 7 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |