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Where does “pwetrene” come from?

pwetrene (Walloon) comes from Old French peitrine, from Late Latin pectorina, 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...

pwetrene (Walloon): chest, breast; breast

Definitions

  1. chest, breast; breast

Ancestry of “pwetrene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeitrinechest
2Late Latinpectorina—
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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