Middle English word povre comes from Proto-Indo-European *pau-, Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-

Detailed word origin of povre

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*pau-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*peh₂w-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*pavo-pars	Old Latin (itc-ola)
pauperis	Latin (lat)
poure	Old French (fro)
povre	Middle English (enm)	Poor (lacking resources).

Words with the same origin as povre