poco
/ˈpoko/ · A1 · adv
little
🤏 From Latin paucus (few) — same root as English paucity and Italian poco
Latin paucus meant few or little. English kept it in paucity (a scarcity) and borrowed Italian poco for music: poco a poco = little by little. Spanish poco is the same word, so a paucity of something is poco of it.