pecten
Latin
noun
Definitions
- comb
- pubic hair
- scallop
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peḱten-s, *peḱ- (livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peḱ-
Gloss
livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
畜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ctene English
- cteniform English
- ctenodont English
- pecten English
- pectinibranchiate English
- pectunculus English
- pecunious English
- *pectiniculus Latin
- peculiaris Latin
- peculium Latin
- pecunia Latin
- pecuniarius Latin
- pecūliāris Latin
- pecūniārius Latin
- pecūniōsus Latin
- pendejo Spanish, Castilian
- κτένιον Ancient Greek
- κτείς Ancient Greek
- κτενίζω Ancient Greek
- πέκω Ancient Greek
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *peḱten-s Proto-Indo-European
- *peḱu- Proto-Indo-European
- *poḱ-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *poḱsom Proto-Indo-European
- *péḱu Proto-Indo-European
- *pḱtén-s Proto-Indo-European
- pentelho Portuguese
- *faganaz Proto-Germanic
- *fahaz Proto-Germanic
- *fahsą Proto-Germanic
- *fehtaną Proto-Germanic
- पशु Sanskrit
- Færeyjar Old Norse
- dilkfé Old Norse
- fagnaðr Old Norse
- faxaðr Old Norse
- feginn Old Norse
- fága Old Norse
- fágan Old Norse
- fáganarmaðr Old Norse
- fágandi Old Norse
- fágari Old Norse
- færeyingr Old Norse
- færeyskr Old Norse
- félag Old Norse
- félagleikr Old Norse
- fǫgnuðr Old Norse
- fǫxóttr Old Norse
- kvikfé Old Norse
- empeña Galician
- pentello Galician
- χτένα Greek (modern)
- cteno- Translingual
- 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *páćšma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- cheaptini Aromanian
- chiaptini Aromanian
- *pektō Proto-Italic
- κτενίδιον gkm
- piacno Dalmatian