pauper

• n. a beggar; a pauper; a dole person on the dole.
• adj.貧しい人の
• n.(Pauper)人名；（独）Pauper；（仏）Poppe.

ラテン語のpauper, poorから、*pau, little, smallから、語源的にはfew, poorと同じ。

pauper

pauper: see poor

pauper (n.)

1510s, "person destitute of property or means of livelihood," from Latin pauper "poor, not wealthy, of small means" (see poor (adj.)). Originally in English a legal word, from Latin phrase in forma pauperis (late 15c.) "in the character of a poor person," thus allowed to sue in court without legal fees.