pit

Signification (English)

1. (masculine) breast
2. (masculine) force to support the castell, provided by the castellers in the pinya by pressing their chest onto the back of the casteller in front of them

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈpit]

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from latin: pectus

Cognate with occitan: pièch

Cognate with français: pis

Cognate with espagnol: pecho

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan pit (also pits), from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Occitan pièch, French pis, Spanish pecho.