Where does “reggipetto” come from?

reggipetto (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...

reggipetto (Italian): bra, brassiere

Definitions

  1. bra, brassiere

Ancestry of “reggipetto”, step by step

reggipetto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian petto

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...

via Italian reggi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianreggi
Every word from English polyethylene glycol