Where does “parapet” come from?
parapet (Middle French) comes from Italian parapetto, from Italian parare, 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...
Ancestry of “parapet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | parapetto | parapet; balustrade; ledger board |
| 2 | Italian | parare | to adorn or deck; to protect or shield; to block |
| 3 | Italian | petto | chest; breast |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
Words derived from “parapet”