Where does “lactar” come from?

lactar (Portuguese) comes from Latin lactō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

lactar (Portuguese): to breastfeed

Definitions

  1. to breastfeed

Ancestry of “lactar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactōto contain or give milk, suckle
2Latin-tōForms here
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →