Where does “lattughetta” come from?

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

lattughetta (Italian): Synonym of lattughella

Definitions

  1. Synonym of lattughella

Ancestry of “lattughetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlattugalettuce
2Old Italianlattuca—
3Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
4Latinlácmilk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →