pekelzonde

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to pekelen (“to brine”) +‎ zonde (“sin”). The first part of the compound is a folketymological interpretation of Latin peccatillum (“minor sin”), the diminutive of Latin peccatum (“sin, error, fault”), from Latin peccō (“I sin, offend”), from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”).

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Noun

pekelzonde f (plural pekelzonden or pekelzondes, diminutive pekelzondetje n)

  1. a minor sin or inappropriate habit; a peccadillo
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