Where does “lactant” come from?
lactant (English) comes from Latin lactans, from Latin lactare, from Latin lacto, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
lactant (English): suckling; giving suck
Ancestry of “lactant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lactans | suckling, milking; flattering, deceiving |
| 2 | Latin | lactare | present active infinitive of lactō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | lacto | I contain or give milk, suckle; I suck milk from... |
| 4 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |