The story
- Latin · learned borrowing frompauper“poor”
- English todaypauper
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: One who is extremely poor. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.