Where does “peccātum” come from?

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

peccātum (Latin): sin, error, fault

Definitions

  1. sin, error, fault

Ancestry of “peccātum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “peccātum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →