overwordExplorer
LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

pecu.

herd, flock; cattle, sheep; farm animals (pl.); pastures (L+S); money;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɛ.kuː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛ.kʊ]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛː.ku]
  1. cattle

    declension-4
  2. domestic animals

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *peku, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“cattle”). See also pecus, pecoris (“livestock, herd”) and pecus, pecudis. Doublet of feudum, which was borrowed from Germanic. Cognates Cognate with Sanskrit पशु (paśu), Lithuanian pekus and Proto-Germanic *fehu (whence English fee, German Vieh, Low German Veeh, Dutch vee, Danish fæ).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

pecu has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

pecu studiopecu workshello, pecu

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.