Mannelijk

pit

Betekenis (English)

(masculine) breast
(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

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈpit]

Inherited from Latijn

pectus

Cognate with Occitaans

pièch

Cognate with Frans

pis

Cognate with Spaans

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.