puir
Scots
adj
Definitions
- poor
Etymology
Derived from Middle English povre derived from Old French povre 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
- pauper, pauperem Latin
- pauperculus Latin
- pauperies Latin
- paupero Latin
- paupertas Latin
- povero Italian
- paupériser French
- pauvre French
- pobre Spanish, Castilian
- probe Spanish, Castilian
- *pau- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₁w- Proto-Indo-European
- poverly Middle English
- povre Middle English
- poverté Old French
- povre Old French
- povrement Old French
- pover Middle Dutch
- pauvre Norman
- pouôrre Norman
- pobreza Old Portuguese
- pövou Ligurian
- pauper Dalmatian
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- povre Interlingua