Where does “lechuga” come from?

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

lechuga (Spanish): lettuce; expresses anger, upsetness, or...

Definitions

  1. lettuce; expresses anger, upsetness, or...

Ancestry of “lechuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlactūcalettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk

Words derived from “lechuga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Latin lactūca →