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Where does “Laitue” come from?

Laitue (Luxembourgish) comes from French laitue, from Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

Laitue (Luxembourgish): lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce

Ancestry of “Laitue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlaituelettuce
2Old Frenchlaituelettuce
3Latinlactūca—
4Latinlác—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
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