Where does “lactifuge” come from?

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

lactifuge (English): A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to...

Definitions

  1. A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to...

Ancestry of “lactifuge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlácmilk
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵláktsEvery word from Latin lác
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