Where does “penuria” come from?

penuria (Latin) comes from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

penuria (Latin): want, need, scarcity

Definitions

  1. want, need, scarcity

Ancestry of “penuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “penuria”

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