Where does “colostro” come from?
colostro (Italian) comes from Latin colostrum, from Latin colostra, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-.
colostro (Italian): colostrum, beestings
Ancestry of “colostro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | colostrum | Alternative form of colostra |
| 2 | Latin | colostra | colostrum, beestings |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwel- | — |