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Where does “peccabile” come from?

peccabile (Italian) 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.

peccabile (Italian): sinful; fallible

Definitions

  1. sinful; fallible

Ancestry of “peccabile”, step by step

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