Where does “impecunious” come from?

Impecunious derives from Latin impecuniōsus, from in- (not) and pecunia (money), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning absence or negation.

impecunious (English): lacking money

Definitions

  1. lacking money

Ancestry of “impecunious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpecuniousWith money, wealthy; financially independent;...
2Latinpecūniamoney
3Latinpecūcattle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals

Words derived from “impecunious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- →Every word from Latin pecū →Every word from Latin pecūnia →