Where does “lakto” come from?

lakto (Esperanto) comes from Latin lacte, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lakto (Esperanto): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “lakto”, step by step

lakto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lacte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactemilk; ablative singular of lac
2Latinlacmilk; for something sweet, pleasant; milky juice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

via Latin lác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlácmilk

Words derived from “lakto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lac →Every word from Latin lacte →