Where does “lãptucã” come from?

lãptucã (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian lapti, from Latin lactis, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lãptucã (Aromanian): lettuce; sow thistle; milkweed

Definitions

  1. lettuce; sow thistle; milkweed

Ancestry of “lãptucã”, step by step

lãptucã traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian lapti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianlaptimilk
2Latinlactisgenitive singular of lac; of milk; milk
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

via Latin lactūca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactis →