Where does “lácteo” come from?
lácteo (Portuguese) comes from Latin lacteus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
lácteo (Portuguese): dairy; milky; lactic, milk
Definitions
- dairy; milky; lactic, milk
Ancestry of “lácteo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lacteus | Of or pertaining to milk; milky; Full of milk;... |
| 2 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |