Where does “pecūlium” come from?

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

pecūlium (Latin): private property (originally in the form of cattle, but later in the form of savings)

Definitions

  1. private property (originally in the form of cattle, but later in the form of savings)

Ancestry of “pecūlium”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pecūlium”

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