Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

pecuniary

 

having to do with money

 

Pecuniary problems drove him to drink, and drinking dulled his financial insights, thus creating a downward spiral with skid row at the bottom.

 

Related English word: impecunious

 

Latin root words: pecuniarius, pecuniaria, pecuniarium - of or pertaining to money; pecunia, pecuniae, f. - money 

 

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