Where does “peitolobo” come from?

peitolobo (Galician) comes from Galician peito, from Old Portuguese peito, 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...

peitolobo (Galician): barechested, especially when hairy

Definitions

  1. barechested, especially when hairy

Ancestry of “peitolobo”, step by step

peitolobo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician peito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpeitothorax; chest, breast; breast
2Old Portuguesepeito
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 Galician lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlobowolf
2Old Portugueselobo
3Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
4Proto-Italiclukʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from English polyethylene glycol
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