Where does “pecorame” come from?

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

pecorame (Italian): flock of sheep; Variant of pecorume

Definitions

  1. flock of sheep; Variant of pecorume

Ancestry of “pecorame”, 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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