Where does “pecūlātor” come from?

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

pecūlātor (Latin): embezzler

Definitions

  1. embezzler

Ancestry of “pecūlātor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūlorto defraud the public; to embezzle public funds
2Latinpecūliumprivate property (originally in the form of cattle, but later in the form of savings)
3LatinpecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of...
4Proto-Italic*pekos—

Words derived from “pecūlātor”

Every word from Proto-Italic *pekos →Every word from Latin pecus →Every word from Latin pecūlium →