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Where does “pektos” come from?

pektos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Ancestry of “pektos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
2Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “pektos”

  • parapet
  • pectoral
  • Prieto
  • pectus
  • expectorate
  • poitrine
  • subpectoral
  • pectoriloquy
  • parapeted
  • petronel
  • interpectoral
  • poitrinaire
  • parapetted
  • pectorally
  • expectorative
  • parapetless
  • Ouro Preto
  • parapetlike
  • antepectoral
  • neopectoral
  • expectorare
  • pectorale
  • expectoratus
  • atripectoralis
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