power
German (Berlin)
/ˈpoːvər/, /ˈpaʊ̯ər/
adj
Definitions
- (regional) poor, miserable
Etymology
Borrowed from French pauvre (poor) derived from Latin pauper (poor).
Origin
Latin
pauper
Gloss
poor
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pauper English
- poor English
- pauper Latin
- pauperculus Latin
- pauperies Latin
- paupero Latin
- paupertas Latin
- aus German
- auspowern German
- povero Italian
- paupériser French
- pauvre French
- pauvrement French
- pauvresse French
- pauvret French
- pauvrette French
- pauvrissime French
- pobre Spanish, Castilian
- probe Spanish, Castilian
- *pau- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₁w- Proto-Indo-European
- povre Middle English
- pauver Danish
- povre Old French
- povra Ido
- pobreza Old Portuguese
- pövou Ligurian
- pauper Dalmatian
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- povre Interlingua