Where does “pecuary” come from?

pecuary (English) comes from Portuguese pecuária, from Latin pecuaria, from Latin pecuarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pecuary (English): The raising of livestock, as practiced in in...

Definitions

  1. The raising of livestock, as practiced in in...

Ancestry of “pecuary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepecuáriathe raising of livestock; animal husbandry;...
2Latinpecuarianominative feminine singular of pecuārius;...
3Latinpecuariussheep, cattle
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin pecuarius →