Where does “pobre” come from?

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

pobre (Spanish): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “pobre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pobre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau-Every word from Latin pavo-parsEvery word from Latin pauper
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