Where does “lactate” come from?

lactate (French) comes from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

lactate (French): lactate

Definitions

  1. lactate

Ancestry of “lactate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ateate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “lactate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from French -ate →