Where does “pecado” come from?

pecado (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese pecado, from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pecado (Galician): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “pecado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepecadosin
2Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
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 →