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Where does “peccancy” come from?

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

peccancy (English): Faultiness, a state of being flawed; A sin or...

Definitions

  1. Faultiness, a state of being flawed; A sin or...

Ancestry of “peccancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccantianominative neuter plural of peccāns; accusative...
2Latinpeccō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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