Where does “lactūca” come from?

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

lactūca (Latin): lettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species

Definitions

  1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species

Ancestry of “lactūca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlácmilk
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “lactūca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →
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