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.

peccō (Latin): to sin, transgress

Definitions

  1. to sin, transgress

Ancestry of “peccō”, step by step

peccō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pēd-

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

via Proto-Italic petkāō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpetkāōto sin
2Indo-European*ped-—

Words derived from “peccō”

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