Where does “lăptișor” come from?

lăptișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian lapte, from Latin lactis, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lăptișor (Romanian): a small amount of milk

Definitions

  1. a small amount of milk

Ancestry of “lăptișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlaptemilk; type of milk
2Latinlactisgenitive singular of lac; of milk; milk
3Latinlácmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactis →