Where does “colostrum” come from?

Colostrum comes from Latin colostrum, derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-, a root of uncertain meaning whose sense development to the first milk after birth remains unclear.

colostrum (English): A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in...

Definitions

  1. A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in...

Ancestry of “colostrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincolostrumAlternative form of colostra
2Latincolostracolostrum, beestings
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwel-

Words derived from “colostrum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-Every word from Latin colostraEvery word from Latin colostrum