Sin

Morpheme

Sin

Type

free base

Denotation

moral wrongdoing, misdeed, fault, crime, wrong

Etymology

Middle English sinne, synne; Old English synn, syn

Evidence

archsin, outsin, sin, sinful, sinfully, sinhound, sinless, sinlessness, sinlike, sinned, sinner, sinning, sinningly, sinningness, sinny, sins, sinward, unsin

Notes

homophone of sin- and syn-

Homographs

sin-