Where does “Lettice” come from?

Lettice (English) comes from Middle English letuse, from Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

Lettice (English): A kind of whitish-grey fur from the winter coat of the least weasel

Definitions

  1. A kind of whitish-grey fur from the winter coat of the least weasel

Ancestry of “Lettice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishletuselettuce; The leaves of the lettuce used as...
2Old Frenchlaituelettuce
3Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
4Latinlácmilk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “Lettice”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →