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pecco.

to sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɛk.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛk.ko]
  1. to sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing

    conjugation-1 · intransitive
    saepe magnōque cum gaudiō peccō
  2. to sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing to fail, be amiss

    conjugation-1 · intransitive
  3. to mess up

    conjugation-1 · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-ko- Proto-Indo-European *pedko- Proto-Indo-European *pet- Proto-Indo-European *-ko- Proto-Indo-European *petko- Proto-Italic *petko-? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *petkāō Latin peccō From Proto-Italic *petkāō, from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”); see *pṓds (the same source as Hittite [script needed] (pata), Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Russian под (pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Albanian poshtë (“down, downwards”), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), Sanskrit पद् (pád)). Compare typologically transgredior (whence English transgress) (< gradior); Russian просту́пок (prostúpok), преступле́ние (prestuplénije) (< преступи́ть (prestupítʹ)) < ступи́ть (stupítʹ)).

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