Peccable
/ˈpɛk.ə.bəl/noun
Capable of sinning or liable to sin.
Did you know?Peccable comes from Latin peccare, “to sin” or “to stumble,” the same root behind peccadillo and impeccable, which originally meant “not able to sin.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pek-
“to make crooked, to stumble, to go wrong”
Classical Latin
Latin
peccāre
“to sin, commit an offense, err”
Late Latin
Latin
peccābilis
“liable to sin; capable of sinning”
Middle English
English
peccable
“capable of sinning; morally fallible”
Modern English
English
peccable
“capable of sinning or liable to sin”
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