English word few comes from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, Proto-Germanic *pau-, and later Proto-Germanic *fawaz (Few. Little (small amount of).)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *peh₂w- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *pau- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| *fawaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Few. Little (small amount of). |
| fēaw | Old English (ang) | |
| fewe | Middle English (enm) | |
| few | English (en) | (meteorology, of clouds) (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.. (meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.. (preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.. (used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number [...] |