Where does “lactate” come from?

lactate (Latin) comes from Latin lacto, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

lactate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “lactate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlactoI contain or give milk, suckle; I suck milk from...
2Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
3Proto-Italic-ōd—
4Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →Every word from Latin -o →Every word from Latin lacto →