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Where does “peaca” come from?

peaca (Irish) comes from Old Irish peccad, from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

peaca (Irish): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “peaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishpeccadsin
2Latinpeccātum—
3Latinpeccō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “peaca”

  • peacaigh
  • peacúil
  • ceannpheaca
  • peacúlacht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →