Where does “pécher” come from?

pécher (French) comes from Middle French pecher, from Old French pechier, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pécher (French): to sin

Definitions

  1. to sin

Ancestry of “pécher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpecherto sin
2Old Frenchpechierto sin
3Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →