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Where does “pecuniario” come from?

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

pecuniario (Italian): financial, monetary, pecuniary

Definitions

  1. financial, monetary, pecuniary

Ancestry of “pecuniario”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pecuniario”

  • pecuniariamente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- →