- paucity
[paucity 词源字典]
- paucity: see few
[paucity etymology, paucity origin, 英语词源] - paucity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).