Where does “piccatu” come from?

piccatu (Sicilian) 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.

piccatu (Sicilian): sin; what a pity!; what a shame!

Definitions

  1. sin; what a pity!; what a shame!

Ancestry of “piccatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
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 →