few

Meaning

Pronoun

• Few people, few things.

Related

Similar words

• little

Opposite words

• many

Origin

• From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ("few, small"). Cognate with Old Saxon fā ("few"), Old High German fao, fō, Old Norse fár, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃, Latin paucus (whence English pauper, poor etc.). More at poor.