Where does “pekas” come from?

pekas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish peca, 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.

pekas (Tagalog): freckle

Definitions

  1. freckle

Ancestry of “pekas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpecafreckle
2Spanishpecarto sin
3Old Spanishpecar
4Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
6Proto-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
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