Where does “pecáu” come from?

pecáu (Asturian) comes from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pecáu (Asturian): sin; masculine singular past participle of pecar

Definitions

  1. sin; masculine singular past participle of pecar

Ancestry of “pecáu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
2Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →