English
lactucarium
Lactucarium comes from Latin lactūca ‘lettuce’, and goes back to lac ‘milk’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElac‘milk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactūca‘lettuce’
- Englishtodaylactucarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElac‘milk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElactūca‘lettuce’
- Englishtodaylactucarium
Linked words
through Latin lac ‘milk’
latte, lactose, lactic, lactate, spironolactone, 8 more
through Latin lactūca ‘lettuce’
Today it means
noun The thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug for its sedative and analgesic properties.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lac / lactucarium