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Where does “peccaminoso” come from?

peccaminoso (Italian) comes from Late Latin peccamen, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

peccaminoso (Italian): sinful, wicked

Definitions

  1. sinful, wicked

Ancestry of “peccaminoso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peccaminoso”

  • peccaminosamente
  • peccaminosità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →