paucity

The story

1. Latin · derived frompaucitās“a small number, fewness, scarcity”
2. Middle French · derived frompaucité
3. Middle English · inherited frompaucete
4. English todaypaucity

From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.