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peccant

Meaningsin

Common meaning: at fault or doing wrong

Journey through time

  1. Latinpeccare‘sin’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftssin → at faultpeccant‘at fault’source
  3. Englishpeccant‘at fault or doing wrong’ · today

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 peccare ‘sin’.

Roots

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