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Where does “pectere” come from?

pectere (Latin) comes from Latin pecto, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

pectere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “pectere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpectoI comb; I card, heckle, comb; I hoe, weed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “pectere”

  • depectible
  • depectere
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