Where does “păcătui” come from?
păcătui (Romanian) comes from Romanian păcat, from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
păcătui (Romanian): to sin
Ancestry of “păcătui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păcat | sin; imperfection, shortcoming; shame!, pity!,... |
| 2 | Latin | peccātum | — |
| 3 | Latin | peccō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |