pupil
English
/ˈpjuːpəl/
noun
Definitions
- A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
- (legal) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pupille derived from pupille (orphan) derived from Latin pūpillus (minor, orphan) root from Proto-Indo-European *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
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bipupilled English
- interpupil English
- motor English
- orthopedics English
- paucality English
- pauperism English
- pauperize English
- pediatric English
- pediatrician English
- pedophobia English
- pony English
- poppet English
- pseudopupil English
- puericulture English
- puerilism English
- puerility English
- puerperal English
- puerperium English
- pullulation English
- pupilage English
- pupilar English
- pupiless English
- pupillage English
- pupilled English
- pupilless English
- pupillographic English
- pupillography English
- pupillometer English
- pupillometric English
- pupillometrically English
- pupillometry English
- pupillomotor English
- pupilometer English
- pupilometric English
- pupilometry English
- pupilship English
- pusillanimity English
- pusillanimous English
- unipupilled English
- paucalis Latin
- paucitas Latin
- paucus Latin
- paucī Latin
- pauper Latin
- pauper, pauperem Latin
- paupertās Latin
- pueritia Latin
- puerperium Latin
- puerīlis Latin
- pullulātus Latin
- pumilus Latin
- pupa Latin
- puppus Latin
- pupus Latin
- putus Latin
- pūpa Latin
- pūpilla Latin
- pūpillus Latin
- pūpus Latin
- Pupille German
- putti Italian
- orthopédique French
- παιδαγωγία Ancient Greek
- παιδαγωγός Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστής Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστία Ancient Greek
- παιδοφῐ́λης Ancient Greek
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- φαῦλος Ancient Greek
- *peh₂u-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ukos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂uros Proto-Indo-European
- *pōlH- Proto-Indo-European
- *fawaz Proto-Germanic
- पोत Sanskrit
- पौत्र Sanskrit
- pupille Middle English
- fylja Old Norse
- fæð Old Norse
- empoverir Old French
- poulet Old French
- pubill Catalan, Valencian
- pupil Catalan, Valencian
- փոքր Old Armenian
- pupil Malay
- palo- Albanian
- pupille Middle French
- *putrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *paukos Proto-Italic
- *Cau Proto-Austronesian
- pupille xno
- *put- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ grc-koi
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- thau Thao
- pony
- motor
- poppet
- pupilar
- pupiless
- pupilled
- pupilage
- paucality
- pauperize
- pauperism
- puerperal
- puerility
- pupillage
- pupilship
- pupilless
- puerilism
- pediatric
- bipupilled
- interpupil
- pedophobia
- puerperium
- orthopedics
- pseudopupil
- pupilometer
- unipupilled
- pupilometry
- pullulation
- pupillometry
- pupillometer
- pupillomotor
- puericulture
- pupilometric
- pediatrician
- pusillanimous
- pupillography
- pupillometric
- pusillanimity
- pupillographic
- pupillometrically