Where does “lactucin” come from?

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

lactucin (English): One of the essential ingredients of lactucarium,...

Definitions

  1. One of the essential ingredients of lactucarium,...

Ancestry of “lactucin”, 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 ǵláktsEvery word from Latin lácEvery word from Latin lactūca