Where does “lattescente” come from?

lattescente (Italian) comes from Latin lactēscēns, from Latin lactesco, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lattescente (Italian): lactescent, milky, cloudy

Definitions

  1. lactescent, milky, cloudy

Ancestry of “lattescente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactēscēns—
2Latinlactescoto turn to milk
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactesco →