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Where does “monopetto” come from?

monopetto (Italian) comes from Italian petto, 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...

monopetto (Italian): single-breasted; single-breasted suit

Definitions

  1. single-breasted; single-breasted suit

Ancestry of “monopetto”, step by step

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