poverté

See also: poverte

Old French

Alternative forms

poverte (manuscript form)

Etymology

From Latin paupertās, paupertātem, corresponding to povre +‎ -té

Noun

poverté f (oblique plural povertez, nominative singular poverté, nominative plural povertez)

poverty; poorness
- circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
  Mais tel poverté y avoit[.]
  But there was such great poverty.

Descendants

English: poverty
French: pauvreté
Norman: pouôrreté

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