Where does “pecante” come from?

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

pecante (Spanish): peccant, sinning, sinful

Definitions

  1. peccant, sinning, sinful

Ancestry of “pecante”, step by step

pecante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pecar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpecarto sin
2Old Spanishpecar
3Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Latin peccāns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeccānssinning, transgressing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd-Every word from Latin peccō