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Where does “lactic” come from?

Lactic derives from Latin lactis, the genitive of lac meaning milk, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts.

lactic (English): Of, relating to, or derived from milk; That...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk; That...

Ancestry of “lactic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “lactic”

  • malo
  • polylactic
  • acetolactate
  • alactic
  • homolactic
  • lactyl
  • acetolactic
  • hyperlacticemia
  • hyperlacticaemia
  • lacticaemia
  • saccholactic
  • saccholactate
  • sarcolactic acid
  • paralactic acid
  • malolactic
  • saccholactique
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