poverté

See also: poverte

Old French

Alternative forms

• poverte (manuscript form)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. poverty; poorness
   • c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     Mais tel poverté y avoit[.]

     But there was such great poverty.

Descendants

• French: pauvreté
• Norman: pouôrreté
• → Middle English: poverte
  • English: poverty