peculate
Meaningto take private property
Common meaning: to embezzle
- peculprivate propertyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1322 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Journey through time
- Latinpecūlium, -ī‘private property’
- Englishpeculate‘to embezzle’ · today
pecul also in: peculiar
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin pecūlium ‘private property’.
Roots
- pecūlium, -ī Latin “private property”
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