Where does “lactescent” come from?

lactescent (English) comes from Latin lactēscēns, from Latin lactesco, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lactescent (English): milky

Definitions

  1. milky

Ancestry of “lactescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactēscēns—
2Latinlactescoto turn to milk
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “lactescent”

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