Where does “lăptos” come from?
lăptos (Romanian) comes from Romanian lapte, from Latin lactis, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.
lăptos (Romanian): milky
Ancestry of “lăptos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lapte | milk; type of milk |
| 2 | Latin | lactis | genitive singular of lac; of milk; milk |
| 3 | Latin | lác | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵlákts | milk |