Where does “pits” come from?
pits (Catalan) comes from Catalan pit, 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...
pits (Catalan): plural of pit
Ancestry of “pits”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | pit | breast; force to support the castell, provided by... |
| 2 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 5 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |