pupil · noun1
- Latin · derived frompūpillus“orphan, minor”
- Anglo-Norman · derived frompupille“orphan”
- Middle English · inherited frompupille
- English todaypupil
From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).
pupil · noun2
- Latin · derived frompūpilla“pupil; little girl, doll”
- Old French · derived frompupille
- Middle English · inherited frompupille
- English todaypupil
From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.