Where does “pécora” come from?

pécora (Spanish) comes from Italian pecora, from Latin pecora, from Latin pecū, from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- — sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals.

pécora (Spanish): bitch; whore

Definitions

  1. bitch; whore

Ancestry of “pécora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpecorasheep; ewe; sheep, milksop
2Latinpecoranominative plural of pecus; accusative plural of...
3Latinpecūcattle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals

Words derived from “pécora”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- →Every word from Latin pecū →Every word from Latin pecora →