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Where does “pecuniário” come from?

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

pecuniário (Portuguese): pecuniary

Definitions

  1. pecuniary

Ancestry of “pecuniário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpecūniārius—
2Latinpecūnia—
3Latinpecū—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals
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