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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepecadosin
2Old Portuguesepecadosin
3Latinpeccātum—
4Latinpeccō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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