Where does “peita” come from?

peita (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese peito, from Old Portuguese peito, 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...

peita (Portuguese): gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery

Definitions

  1. gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery

Ancestry of “peita”, step by step

peita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese peito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepeitochest; breast; breaststroke
2Old Portuguesepeito
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

via Latin pactus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpactusfastened, fixed; planted; agreed
2Latinpangōto fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force in
3Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “peita

Every word from English polyethylene glycol