Kilo Lingo

/povʁ/

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Translation

poor

Word origin

From Latin pauper ('poor'). The English 'poverty', 'pauper' and 'poor' derive from the same root.

Origin
Latin
Root
pauper
English cognates
poverty, pauper, poor

Examples

.

This family is too poor to pay the rent.

, .

Poor boy, he did not deserve that.

region ressources naturelles.

The region is very poor in natural resources.

.

This poor dog has been waiting for its master a long time.

enfance.

His family was very poor during his childhood.

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