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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
1Latinlactūca—
2Latinlác—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
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