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Where does “lactandus” come from?

lactandus (Latin) comes from Latin lactō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

lactandus (Latin): which is to be suckled

Definitions

  1. which is to be suckled

Ancestry of “lactandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactō—
2Latin-tō—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →