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Where does “lactēscēns” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lactēscēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactesco—
2Latinlác—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
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