Where does “lacté” come from?
lacté (French) comes from Latin lacteus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
lacté (French): milk; milky
Ancestry of “lacté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lacteus | Of or pertaining to milk; milky; Full of milk;... |
| 2 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |