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Where does “peki” come from?

peki (Esperanto) comes from Italian peccare, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

peki (Esperanto): to sin

Definitions

  1. to sin

Ancestry of “peki”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peki”

  • peka
  • peko
  • pekema
  • senpeka
  • pekulo
  • senpekigi
  • senpekigo
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