puppet

English

/ˈpʌpɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
  • (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
  • (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
  • (engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French poupette derived from Latin pupa (puppet, doll, girl) root from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂w-

Gloss

few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring

Concept
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Kanji

少

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