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Etymology of pauce

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos Proto-Italic *paukos Latin paucusbor. English pauce Borrowed from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, from Proto-Ind

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Unnumbered source etymology

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adj

Subject to or pertaining to paucity (fewness); being scarce or insufficient.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos Proto-Italic *paukos Latin paucusbor. English pauce 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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