Old English

synn

‘misdeed, fault, crime, wrong’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Old English synn.

3 English words in this record descend from Old English synn, most familiar first.

• sin ← sinne
• sinful ← synful ← synful
• sinless ← synneles ← synlēas

Etymograph / Old English synn