poor

English

/poː/, /pʊɹ/, /pʊə(ɹ)/, /pʊɹ/

adj
Definitions
  • With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
  • Of low quality.
  • Used to express pity.
  • Deficient in a specified way.
  • Inadequate, insufficient.
  • Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English povre derived from Latin pauper (poor) derived from Old Latin *pavo-pars (getting little) 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

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