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Where does “peccar” come from?

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

peccar (Old Occitan): to sin

Definitions

  1. to sin

Ancestry of “peccar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “peccar”

  • pecar
  • pecar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →