Etymology

pauce

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Today it means: Subject to or pertaining to paucity (fewness); being scarce or insufficient. Full definition →

Latin paucus ← Proto-Italic *paukos ← Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ukos
  3. Proto-Italic*paukos
  4. Latinpaucus
  5. English todaypauce

Borrowed from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos, from *peh₂w- + *-kos. Distantly related (via *peh₂w- by Grimm's law) to few.

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