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Where does “peccō” come from?

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

Ancestry of “peccō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
2Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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