Where does “peitugada” come from?
peitugada (Galician) comes from Galician peituga, 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...
peitugada (Galician): a blow to the chest
Definitions
- a blow to the chest
Ancestry of “peitugada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | peituga | poultry breast |
| 2 | Galician | peito | thorax; chest, breast; breast |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | peito | — |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |