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Where does “pacepšana” come from?

pacepšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian pacept, 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...

pacepšana (Latvian): roasting, frying, baking a little; verbal noun of...

Definitions

  1. roasting, frying, baking a little; verbal noun of...

Ancestry of “pacepšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpaceptto roast, fry or bake something a little, for a...
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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