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Where does “peculato” come from?

peculato (Portuguese) comes from Latin pecūlātus, from Latin pecūlor, from Latin pecūlium, from Latin pecus, from Proto-Italic *pekos.

peculato (Portuguese): embezzlement of public money

Definitions

  1. embezzlement of public money

Ancestry of “peculato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūlātus—
2Latinpecūlor—
3Latinpecūlium—
4LatinpecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of...
5Proto-Italic*pekos—
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