Where does “pecorile” come from?
pecorile (Italian) comes from Italian pecora, from Latin pecora, from Latin pecū, from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- — sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals.
pecorile (Italian): sheep; sheeplike, sheepish; fold
Definitions
- sheep; sheeplike, sheepish; fold
Ancestry of “pecorile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | pecora | sheep; ewe; sheep, milksop |
| 2 | Latin | pecora | nominative plural of pecus; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | pecū | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱu- | sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals |