Where does “pieptăraș” come from?
pieptăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian pieptar, 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...
pieptăraș (Romanian): small vest
Definitions
- small vest
Ancestry of “pieptăraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pieptar | vest; shirtfront; breastplate |
| 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... |