Etymograph

English

lactucone

Lactucone comes from mul Lactuca ‘genus of lettuces’.

  1. mulmodernLactuca‘genus of lettuces’
  2. Englishtodaylactucone

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. mulmodernLactuca‘genus of lettuces’
  2. Englishtodaylactucone

Formed from -one

Today it means

noun A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

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

Etymograph / mul Lactuca / lactucone