Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “peḱten-s”

74 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European peḱten-s — including peignoir, pectineus, pectinate, pendejo, pecten, pectinated, bipectinate, pectinately.

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English (11)

Latin (11)

Spanish (7)

French (5)

Italian (4)

Translingual (4)

Aromanian (4)

Asturian (4)

Portuguese (4)

Old Portuguese (3)

Catalan (2)

Friulian (2)

Old French (2)

Romanian (2)

Old Spanish (1)

Galician (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Cahuilla (1)

Ligurian (1)

Occitan (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Proto-Italic (1)