Where does “pecar” come from?

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

pecar (Portuguese): to sin; to commit a misdeed

Definitions

  1. to sin; to commit a misdeed

Ancestry of “pecar”, step by step

pecar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese pecar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepecar—
2Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Portuguese peco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepeco

Words derived from “pecar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →