The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂w-“few, little”
- Latin · derived frompaucālis“few, little”
- English todaypaucal
From Latin paucālis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural paucī (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w- all →
fewpoorreposeMayhem Parvapauci-puellineputto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.