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English word peculiar comes from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-, and later Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (Livestock.)
*peḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*péḱu (Proto-Indo-European)
Livestock.
*peku- (Proto-Indo-European)
pecu (Latin)
Cattle. Domestic animals.
pecus (Latin)
(pejorative) A mindless group of people: "cattle", "sheep", rabble, the mob.. (pejorative) A mindless or violent person: a brute, an animal.. (zoology) A group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and equines.. (zoology, Late Latin) Any individual animal, conceived as a member or usual member of a flock or herd.. [...]
peculium (Latin)
Private property (originally in the form of cattle, but later in the form of savings).
peculiaris (Latin)
Peculiar, specific. Personal. Private. Singular, exceptional.
peculiar (English)
(UK, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.. (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.. [...]