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Where does “peché” come from?

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

peché (Middle French): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “peché”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpechiésin; past participle of pechier
2Latinpeccātum—
3Latinpeccō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “peché”

  • péché
  • peche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →