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Where does “atcepšana” come from?

atcepšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian atcept, from Latvian cept, from Romanian piept, 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...

atcepšana (Latvian): baking for too long; verbal noun of atcept

Definitions

  1. baking for too long; verbal noun of atcept

Ancestry of “atcepšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianatceptto bake for too long, so that its crust breaks...
2Latvianceptto fry; to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake
3Romanianpieptchest; breast; bosom; the front part of a piece...
4Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
5Proto-Italicpektos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
7Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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