Where does “leitão” come from?

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

leitão (Portuguese): piglet

Definitions

  1. piglet

Ancestry of “leitão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseLeitemilk
2Old Portugueseleite—
3Vulgar Latinlactemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
4Latinlácmilk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “leitão”

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