Where does “Galatea” come from?

Galatea (English) comes from Latin Galatēa, from Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια, from Ancient Greek γάλα, from Proto-Indo-European glakt-.

Galatea (English): Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus

Definitions

  1. Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus

Ancestry of “Galatea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGalatēaGalatea
2Ancient GreekΓαλάτειαname of several different mythological characters
3Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt- →Every word from Ancient Greek γάλα →Every word from Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια →