Where does “peccato” come from?
peccato (Neapolitan) comes from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
peccato (Neapolitan): pity; sin
Ancestry of “peccato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | peccātum | — |
| 2 | Latin | peccō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |