Where does “pec(c)at” come from?
pec(c)at (Old Catalan) 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.
Ancestry of “pec(c)at”, 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 |