Where does “petos” come from?

petos (Spanish) comes from Spanish peto, 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...

petos (Spanish): plural of peto

Definitions

  1. plural of peto

Ancestry of “petos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpetobib; breastplate; shirtfront
2Italianpettochest; breast
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
Every word from English polyethylene glycol →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peg- →Every word from Proto-Italic pektos →