Where does “poitrine” come from?

poitrine (French) comes from Old French poitrine, from Vulgar Latin pectorina, 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...

poitrine (French): chest; breast

Definitions

  1. chest; breast

Ancestry of “poitrine”, step by step

poitrine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French poitrine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoitrinechest
2Vulgar Latinpectorina—
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

via French poitrinal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoitrinalof the chest
2Middle Frenchpetrinal—
3EnglishpetronelA 17th-century firearm that used a matchlock or a...
4Frenchpetrinal—

Words derived from “poitrine”

Every word from English polyethylene glycol →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peg- →Every word from Proto-Italic pektos →