Where does “pécore” come from?

pécore (French) comes from Italian pecora, from Latin pecora, from Latin pecū, from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- — sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals.

pécore (French): a small farm animal (not necessarily a sheep)

Definitions

  1. a small farm animal (not necessarily a sheep)

Ancestry of “pécore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpecorasheep; ewe; sheep, milksop
2Latinpecoranominative plural of pecus; accusative plural of...
3Latinpecūcattle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals
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