pauper
/ˈpɔː.pə/ · noun
Meaning
- One who is extremely poor.
- One living on or eligible for public charity.
- To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
Etymology / origin
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
- pauper(Latin)→
- *peh₂w-(ine-pro)→
- pauper (English)
- Relations: root, lbor
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