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Where does “pecuniary” come from?

Pecuniary comes from Latin pecuniarius, formed from Latin pecu, meaning livestock or property, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European péḱu and the root peḱ-.

pecuniary (English): Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial

Ancestry of “pecuniary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūniārius—
2Latinpecūnia—
3Latinpecū—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals

Words derived from “pecuniary”

  • pecuniarily
  • nonpecuniary
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