Where does “pieptos” come from?
pieptos (Romanian) comes 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...
pieptos (Romanian): broad-chested, having a large chest; chesty
Definitions
- broad-chested, having a large chest; chesty
Ancestry of “pieptos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | piept | chest; breast; bosom; the front part of a piece... |
| 2 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 5 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |