Where does “lacté” come from?

lacté (French) comes from Latin lacteus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos — Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material.

lacté (French): milk; milky

Definitions

  1. milk; milky

Ancestry of “lacté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlacteusOf or pertaining to milk; milky; Full of milk;...
2Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
3Proto-Italic*-eosForms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material
Every word from Proto-Italic *-eos →Every word from Latin -eus →Every word from Latin lacteus →