Where does “leite” come from?

leite (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin lactem, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

Ancestry of “leite”, step by step

leite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin lactem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlactemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

via Late Latin lactem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinlactem—

Words derived from “leite”

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