*pau- (1) - caguirofie

https://www.etymonline.com/word/*pau-?ref=etymonline_crossreference

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "few, little."

It forms all or part of:
catchpoll;
encyclopedia;
filly;
foal;
few;
hypnopedia;
impoverish;
orthopedic;
Paedophryne;
paraffin;
parvi-;
parvovirus;
paucity;
Paul;
pauper;
pedagogue;
pederasty;
pedo-; pedophilia;
poco;
poltroon;
pony;
pool (n.2) "game similar to billiards;"
poor;
poulterer;
poultry;
poverty;
puericulture;
puerile;
puerility;
puerperal;
pullet;
pullulate;
Punch;
Punchinello;
pupa;
pupil (n.1) "student;"
pupil (n.2) "center of the eye;"
puppet; pusillanimous; putti.