Etymograph

English

lactant

Lactant comes from Latin lactans ‘suckling, milking’, from lactare ‘to suck’, and ultimately from lactis ‘milk’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElactis‘milk’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactare‘to suck’next step skipped: Latin lactō
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactans‘suckling, milking’present participle of lactare
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1950lactant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElactis‘milk’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactare‘to suck’next step skipped: Latin lactō
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactans‘suckling, milking’present participle of lactare
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1950lactant

Earliest quotation: 1950, The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medic: “Even if a lactant has taken a poison, it…”

Linked words

through Latin lactis ‘milk’

lactic

Today it means

adj lactating; producing milk.

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

Etymograph / Latin lactis / lactant

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