Where does “pekato” come from?

pekato (Tok Pisin) comes from Portuguese pecado, from Old Portuguese pecado, from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pekato (Tok Pisin): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “pekato”, step by step

pekato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese pecado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepecadosin
2Old Portuguesepecadosin
3Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
4Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Polish pękaty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpękatybulging, protuberant, rounded, swollen
2PolishPękbunch, bundle, sheaf
3Proto-Slavicpǫkъwisp?, bunch?, bundle?
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →