Where does “pecher” come from?

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

pecher (Middle French): to sin

Definitions

  1. to sin

Ancestry of “pecher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpechierto sin
2Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “pecher

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