peito
Portuguese
/ˈpɐj.tu/, /ˈpej.tu/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) chest
- breast
- (swimming) breaststroke
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese peito inherited from Latin pectus (chest, breast) 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
- appectorāre Latin
- pectoralis Latin
- pectus Latin
- monopetto Italian
- parapetto Italian
- pettata Italian
- pettino Italian
- petto Italian
- pettorina Italian
- antepecho Spanish, Castilian
- pechero Spanish, Castilian
- pecho Spanish, Castilian
- pechote Spanish, Castilian
- peto Spanish, Castilian
- *peg Proto-Indo-European
- *peg- Proto-Indo-European
- para Portuguese
- parapeito Portuguese
- ampit Catalan, Valencian
- pit Catalan, Valencian
- peito Galician
- piept Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pieptar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pieptos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- peito Old Portuguese
- cheptu Aromanian
- *pektos Proto-Italic
- pet Romansh
- pèz Romansh
- péz Romansh
- pechu Asturian
- pet Friulian
- pettu Sicilian
- pechu Papiamentu
- petu Kabuverdianu
- pitto Istriot
- peito Aragonese
- pitu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- kľeptu Istro-Romanian
- kľeptu Megleno-Romanian