Where does “migdallakto” come from?

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

migdallakto (Esperanto): almond milk

Definitions

  1. almond milk

Ancestry of “migdallakto”, step by step

migdallakto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto lakto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolaktomilk
2Latinlactemilk; ablative singular of lac
3Latinlacmilk; for something sweet, pleasant; milky juice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

via Esperanto migdalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomigdaloalmond
2Polishmigdałalmond
3Latinamygdalusalmond tree
4Ancient Greekἀμύγδαλος—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lac →Every word from Latin lacte →