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Where does “pecuniarius” come from?

pecuniarius (Latin) comes from Latin pecūnia, from Latin pecū, from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- — sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals.

Ancestry of “pecuniarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūnia—
2Latinpecū—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals
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