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Where does “peccable” come from?

peccable (English) comes from Medieval Latin peccabilis, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

peccable (English): Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine...

Definitions

  1. Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine...

Ancestry of “peccable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpeccabilispeccable; liable to sin
2Latinpeccō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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