Where does “penurie” come from?

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

penurie (Romanian): shortage

Definitions

  1. shortage

Ancestry of “penurie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpénuriedearth, lack, shortage; penury
2Latinpenuriawant, need, scarcity
3Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
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