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Where does “pecūlātus” come from?

pecūlātus (Latin) comes from Latin pecūlor, from Latin pecūlium, from Latin pecus, from Proto-Italic *pekos.

Ancestry of “pecūlātus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūlor—
2Latinpecūlium—
3LatinpecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of...
4Proto-Italic*pekos—
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