Etymograph

English

ablactate

Ablactate comes from Latin ablactātus ‘weaned, having been weaned’, from ablactō ‘wean’, and ultimately from lac ‘milk’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElac‘milk’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactō‘suckle’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablactō‘wean’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablactātus‘weaned, having been weaned’perfect passive participle of ablactō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2012ablactate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElac‘milk’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactō‘suckle’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablactō‘wean’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablactātus‘weaned, having been weaned’perfect passive participle of ablactō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2012ablactate

Earliest quotation: 2012, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: “Clausenamide (p.o., consecutive days) increased the density of hippocampal…”

Linked words

through Latin lac ‘milk’

lettuce, latte, lactose, lactic, spironolactone, 9 more

through Latin lactō ‘suckle’

delectable, dilettante, 5 more

Today it means

verb To wean.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin lac / ablactate

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