Where does “sin” come from?
sin (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sin, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
sin (Spanish): without
Ancestry of “sin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | sin | without |
| 2 | Latin | sine | without; second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |