Where does “latte” come from?

latte (Neapolitan) comes from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

latte (Neapolitan): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “latte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinlactem—
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Late Latin lactem →