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English word breast comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰres‑, and later Proto-Germanic *breustą (Breast, chest.)
*bʰrews- (Proto-Indo-European)
*bʰres‑ (Proto-Indo-European)
*breustą (Proto-Germanic)
Breast, chest.
*brestuz (Proto-Germanic)
Break; fracture. Impairment; handicap.
brēost (Old English)
berst (Old English)
brest (Middle English)
breast (English)
(mining) The face of a coal working.. (mining) The front of a furnace.. (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.. A section of clothing covering the breast area.. Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, [...]