lait
Old French
noun
Definitions
- milk white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lactem, lac (milk).
Origin
Latin
lac
Gloss
milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
乳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lactific English
- lacto- English
- lactobutyrometer English
- lactoferrin English
- *allactāre, *allactō Latin
- lac Latin
- lactarius Latin
- lactem Latin
- lacteus Latin
- lacto Latin
- lactosus Latin
- lactuca Latin
- latte Italian
- caille-lait French
- lactose French
- laid French
- lait French
- laitage French
- laiteux French
- laitier French
- lactosa Spanish, Castilian
- laido Spanish, Castilian
- leche Spanish, Castilian
- πρό Ancient Greek
- *ǵlákt Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵlákts Proto-Indo-European
- laktose Norwegian Bokmål
- laktose Norwegian Nynorsk
- laid, lait, leid Old French
- llet Catalan, Valencian
- lait Norman
- lait'tie Norman
- laitchi Norman
- laiteux Norman
- laid Middle French
- לקטוז Hebrew (modern)
- leite Old Portuguese
- lach Occitan
- latg Romansh
- lleche Asturian
- lat Friulian
- leche Old Spanish
- łate Venetian
- lèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *llaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- لاكتوز Hijazi Arabic
- lacc Lombard
- làit Piedmontese