Where does “pecar” come from?
pecar (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan pec(c)ar, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pecar (Catalan): to sin
Ancestry of “pecar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | pec(c)ar | — |
| 2 | Latin | peccō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |