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Where does “peccatum” come from?

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

Ancestry of “peccatum”, step by step

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