pecado

/peˈkado/ · A2 · noun · m

sin

🍎 From Latin peccatum (fault) — same root as impeccable = without sin

English keeps the root in impeccable (faultless) and peccadillo, a small sin borrowed from Spanish pecadillo. Strip the diminutive from peccadillo and you get pecado: the full-sized sin.

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