Etymograph

English

depectible

Depectible comes from Latin dēpectō ‘to comb off’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to pluck (wool, hair)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱ-1‘to pluck (wool, hair)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pektō2reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpectō1‘to comb’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpectō3‘to comb off’
  5. Englishtodaydepectible3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin depecto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pecto
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English depectible

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱ-Wiktionary, Latin depecto‘to pluck (wool, hair)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pektōWiktionary, Latin pectoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpectōWiktionary, Latin depecto‘to comb’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpectōWiktionary, English depectible‘to comb off’
  5. EnglishtodaydepectibleWiktionary, English depectible

Formed from dēpectō ‘to comb off’ + -ible

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to pluck (wool, hair)’

fight, fellow, fee, fax, feud, cynical, hound, peculiar, fawn, poodle, cynic, feu, fain, pecuniary, pec, chenille, 25 more

Today it means

adj tough or thick.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “depectible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin depecto, Latin pecto. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- / depectible

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