Words that come from Proto-Italic “pektos”

113 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Italic pektos — including parapet, pectoral, Prieto, pectus, expectorate, poitrine, subpectoral, pectoriloquy.

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English (20)

Spanish (19)

Portuguese (12)

French (6)

Latin (6)

Italian (5)

Catalan (4)

Old Portuguese (4)

Galician (3)

Aromanian (3)

Old French (3)

Romansch (3)

Romanian (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Polish (2)

Late Latin (2)

Middle French (1)

Friulian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Sicilian (1)

Istriot (1)

Asturian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Ladino (1)

Classical Latin (1)

Walloon (1)

Norman (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)