Where does “lactucarium” come from?

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

lactucarium (English): The thickened juice of certain varieties of...

Definitions

  1. The thickened juice of certain varieties of...

Ancestry of “lactucarium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →
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