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lactesco.

to turn to milk

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to turn to milk

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
  2. to have milk for suckling

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
  3. to become capable of giving suck

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin lac Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin lactēscō From lac (“milk”) + -ēscō.

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