Where does “lattuca” come from?

lattuca (Sicilian) comes from Latin lactūca, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lattuca (Sicilian): lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce

Ancestry of “lattuca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →