pectus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- chest, breast
- (figuratively) heart, breast, as the seat of emotion
- (figuratively) soul, spirit, mind, understanding
- person, individual (as a being of passion)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *pektos derived from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (breast).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peg-
Gloss
breast
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pectus English
- *pectorile, *pectorilis Latin
- *pectorina Latin
- *pectorīna Latin
- antepectus Latin
- appectorāre Latin
- pectoralis Latin
- pectoris, pectus Latin
- monopetto Italian
- parapetto Italian
- pettata Italian
- pettino Italian
- petto Italian
- pettorina Italian
- antepecho Spanish, Castilian
- apretar Spanish, Castilian
- pechero Spanish, Castilian
- pecho Spanish, Castilian
- pechote Spanish, Castilian
- peto Spanish, Castilian
- pretil Spanish, Castilian
- *peg Proto-Indo-European
- *peg- Proto-Indo-European
- *peg-só-s Proto-Indo-European
- *pog- Proto-Indo-European
- peito Portuguese
- peitoril Portuguese
- पक्ष Sanskrit
- móruchtúil Irish
- ucht Irish
- uchtaigh Irish
- uchtbhalla Irish
- uchtbharr Irish
- uchtleanbh Irish
- uchtmhac Irish
- uchtphláta Irish
- uchtán Irish
- uchtóg Irish
- uchtúil Irish
- peitrine Old French
- ampit Catalan, Valencian
- pit Catalan, Valencian
- peito Galician
- peitoril Galician
- հակ Armenian
- հակ- Armenian
- հակա- Armenian
- piept Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pieptar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pieptos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- հակ Old Armenian
- ucht Old Irish
- uchd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- apretar Old Portuguese
- peito Old Portuguese
- preto Old Portuguese
- cheptu Aromanian
- chiptar Aromanian
- chiptos Aromanian
- *pektos Proto-Italic
- pet Romansh
- pèz Romansh
- péz Romansh
- pechu Asturian
- pet Friulian
- peitoral Old Spanish
- pettu Sicilian
- pechu Papiamentu
- pitto Istriot
- peito Aragonese
- kľeptu Istro-Romanian
- kľeptu Megleno-Romanian