Where does “pretal” come from?
pretal (Spanish) comes from Spanish petral, from Old Spanish peitoral, from Latin pectoralis, 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...
pretal (Spanish): breastplate
Definitions
- breastplate
Ancestry of “pretal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | petral | breastplate |
| 2 | Old Spanish | peitoral | — |
| 3 | Latin | pectoralis | of or pertaining to the chest or breast; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |