Where does “pārcept” come from?
pārcept (Latvian) comes 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...
pārcept (Latvian): to overcook; to roast, fry or bake something...
Definitions
- to overcook; to roast, fry or bake something...
Ancestry of “pārcept”, step by step
pārcept traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian cept
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | cept | to fry; to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake |
| 2 | Romanian | piept | chest; breast; bosom; the front part of a piece... |
| 3 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 6 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |