Latin
pauper
‘poor’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin pauper.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin pauper, most familiar first.
- poor ← povre ← povre
- poverty ← poverte ← poverté ← paupertās
- pauper
- impoverish ← empoverishen ← empoveriss- ← empoverir
- depauperate ← depauperat ← depauperātus ← pauperō
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Etymograph / Latin pauper