Where does “penuria” come from?

penuria (Italian) comes from Latin penuria, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

penuria (Italian): shortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness

Definitions

  1. shortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness

Ancestry of “penuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpenuriawant, need, scarcity
2Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
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