English
lactation
Lactation comes from Latin lactātiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElactātiō
- Englishtodaylactation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElactātiō
- Englishtodaylactation
Formed from lactate + -ion
Latin lac ‘milk’
Latin lactō ‘to suckle, give suck, contain milk’
Latin lactātus ‘suckled’
English lactate
Every English word from Latin lactātiō
Today it means
noun The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lactātiō / lactation