Where does “peituga” come from?

peituga (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...

peituga (Galician): poultry breast

Definitions

  1. poultry breast

Ancestry of “peituga”, step by step

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...

Words derived from “peituga

Every word from English polyethylene glycol