Where does “allaiter” come from?
allaiter (French) comes from Old French alaitier, from Latin allactō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
allaiter (French): to breastfeed; to suckle
Definitions
- to breastfeed; to suckle
Ancestry of “allaiter”, step by step
allaiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French alaitier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | alaitier | to breastfeed |
| 2 | Latin | allactō | to breastfeed said of the mother |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Late Latin allactāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | allactāre | — |