[English Etymology] *pau- "few, little" 👶

*pau- (1) "few, little" 👶


Latin pupa "girl, doll, puppet; post-larval stage of an insect (Linnæus 1758)" 


Latin pupillus  "orphan child, ward, minor" (diminutive)
              pupus "boy" (fem. pupa"girl") 
                ? puer "child"