Where does “Leite” come from?

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

Leite (Portuguese): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “Leite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseleite—
2Vulgar Latinlactemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “Leite”

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