Where does “pecar” come from?

pecar (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan peccar, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pecar (Occitan): to sin

Definitions

  1. to sin

Ancestry of “pecar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanpeccarto sin
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 →