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Where does “laitue” come from?

laitue (French) comes from Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

laitue (French): lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce

Ancestry of “laitue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlaituelettuce
2Latinlactūca—
3Latinlác—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “laitue”

  • Laitue
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