povru
Maltese
adjective
Definitions
- (prepositioned) poor inspiring pity
- (fairly) poor lacking, of little financial means
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian povru borrowed from Italian povero (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
- pauper Latin
- pauperculus Latin
- pauperies Latin
- paupero Latin
- paupertas Latin
- antipovero Italian
- poveraccio Italian
- poveramente Italian
- poverello Italian
- poverissimo Italian
- povero Italian
- povertà Italian
- paupériser French
- pauvre French
- pobre Spanish, Castilian
- probe Spanish, Castilian
- *pau- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₁w- Proto-Indo-European
- povre Middle English
- povre Old French
- pobreza Old Portuguese
- povru Sicilian
- pövou Ligurian
- pauper Dalmatian
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- povre Interlingua