pauper
English
/ˈpɔːpə/, /ˈpɔpɚ/, /ˈpɑpɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who is extremely poor.
- One living on or eligible for public charity.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pauper (poor) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring), *peh₂w- (few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂w-
Gloss
few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
少
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipoor English
- depauperize English
- dirt-poor English
- dispauper English
- dispauperize English
- impoor English
- nonpoor English
- orthopedics English
- paucality English
- pauperdom English
- pauperess English
- pauperism English
- pauperization English
- pauperize English
- pediatric English
- pediatrician English
- pedophobia English
- pony English
- poor English
- poor dab English
- poorhouse English
- poorish English
- poorling English
- poorly English
- poormouth English
- poorness English
- poppet English
- puericulture English
- puerilism English
- puerility English
- puerperal English
- puerperium English
- pullulation English
- pusillanimity English
- pusillanimous English
- semipoor English
- ultrapoor English
- paucalis Latin
- paucitas Latin
- paucus Latin
- paucī Latin
- pauper Latin
- pauper, pauperem Latin
- pauperculus Latin
- pauperies Latin
- paupero Latin
- paupertas Latin
- paupertās Latin
- pueritia Latin
- puerperium Latin
- puerīlis Latin
- pullulātus Latin
- pumilus Latin
- pupa Latin
- puppus Latin
- pupus Latin
- putus Latin
- pūpa Latin
- pūpillus Latin
- pūpus Latin
- povero Italian
- putti Italian
- orthopédique French
- paupériser French
- pauvre French
- pobre Spanish, Castilian
- probe Spanish, Castilian
- παιδαγωγία Ancient Greek
- παιδαγωγός Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστής Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστία Ancient Greek
- παιδοφῐ́λης Ancient Greek
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- φαῦλος Ancient Greek
- *pau- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂u-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ukos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₁w- Proto-Indo-European
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂uros Proto-Indo-European
- *pōlH- Proto-Indo-European
- *fawaz Proto-Germanic
- पोत Sanskrit
- पौत्र Sanskrit
- povre Middle English
- fylja Old Norse
- fæð Old Norse
- empoverir Old French
- poulet Old French
- povre Old French
- փոքր Old Armenian
- povra Ido
- palo- Albanian
- pobreza Old Portuguese
- *putrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *paukos Proto-Italic
- *put- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pövou Ligurian
- pauper Dalmatian
- ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ grc-koi
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- povre Interlingua
- pony
- poor
- impoor
- poppet
- poorly
- nonpoor
- poorish
- antipoor
- poorling
- poorness
- semipoor
- poor dab
- paucality
- dispauper
- pauperess
- pauperize
- dirt-poor
- pauperism
- poorhouse
- poormouth
- puerperal
- puerility
- pauperdom
- puerilism
- ultrapoor
- pediatric
- pedophobia
- puerperium
- orthopedics
- depauperize
- pullulation
- puericulture
- dispauperize
- pediatrician
- pusillanimous
- pauperization
- pusillanimity