peccadillo
Meaninga little sin
Common meaning: a petty sin
- peccto do wrongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1320 · scan
- adilloSpanish small-thing ending
Journey through time
- Latinpeccō, peccāre‘to do wrong’
- Spanishpecadillosource
- Englishpeccadillo‘a petty sin’ · today
pecc also in: impeccable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin peccō ‘to do wrong’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry peccō, p. 1320 · dictionary scan
Roots
- peccō, peccāre Latin “to do wrong”
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