Where does “peculium” come from?

peculium (English) comes from Latin pecūlium, from Latin pecus, from Proto-Italic *pekos.

peculium (English): The savings of a son or a slave, with the...

Definitions

  1. The savings of a son or a slave, with the...

Ancestry of “peculium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūliumprivate property (originally in the form of cattle, but later in the form of savings)
2LatinpecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of...
3Proto-Italic*pekos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *pekos →Every word from Latin pecus →Every word from Latin pecūlium →