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

Definitions

  1. pity; sin

Ancestry of “peccato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
2Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →