Where does “lattuga” come from?

lattuga (Italian) comes from Old Italian lattuca, from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lattuga (Italian): lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce

Ancestry of “lattuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianlattuca
2Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “lattuga

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵláktsEvery word from Latin lácEvery word from Latin lactūca
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