Where does “peccantly” come from?
peccantly (English) comes from English peccant, from Latin peccantis, from Latin peccāns, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
peccantly (English): In a peccant manner
Definitions
- In a peccant manner
Ancestry of “peccantly”, step by step
peccantly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peccant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peccant | Unhealthy; causing disease; Sinful; Wrong;... |
| 2 | Latin | peccantis | genitive masculine singular of peccāns; genitive... |
| 3 | Latin | peccāns | sinning, transgressing |
| 4 | Latin | peccō | to sin, transgress |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |