Where does “leituga” come from?

leituga (Galician) comes from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

leituga (Galician): lettuce; cat's ear; prickly lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce; cat's ear; prickly lettuce

Ancestry of “leituga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →
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