English
galactoid
Galactoid comes from Ancient Greek γάλα ‘milk’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάλαgála‘milk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002galactoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάλαgála‘milk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002galactoid
Earliest quotation: 2002, Ting-Chiang Hsieh: “The third method of forming the mixed material comprises…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gláktn̥ ‘milk’
Today it means
adj Milk-like.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γάλα / galactoid