Etymology

pauper

pau·per
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Today it means: One who is extremely poor. Full definition →

Latin pauper
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing frompauper“poor”
  2. English todaypauper

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

Words from the same roots

Latinpauper all →

poorimpoverish

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