Where does “cheptu” come from?
cheptu (Aromanian) comes from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
cheptu (Aromanian): chest
Ancestry of “cheptu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 4 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
Words derived from “cheptu”