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2841 Etymology dictionary, p. frumentaceous (adj.).2
… with milk and sweetened" (late 14c.), from Old French frumentee, Medieval Latin frumenticium .
2842 Etymology dictionary, p. galactic (adj.).2
1839, "of the Milky Way, of the bright band of stars around the night sky," from Late Latin galacticus, from galaxias (see galaxy ). In modern scientific sense "pertaining to (our) galaxy," from 1849. From 1844 as "of or pertaining to milk."
2843 Etymology dictionary, p. galacto-.2
before vowels galact-, word-forming element meaning "milk, milky," from Greek gala (stem galakt-; see galaxy ).
2844 Etymology dictionary, p. *g(a)lag-.2
also *g(a)lakt-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "milk."
2845 Etymology dictionary, p. *g(a)lag-.4
… lactis ) "milk;" Greek gala (genitive galaktos ), "milk;" Armenian dialectal kaxc' "milk." The initial "g" probably was lost in Latin by dissimilation. This and the separate …
2846 Etymology dictionary, p. galaxy (n.).2
… galaktos ) "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk").
2847 Etymology dictionary, p. geld (v.).2
… no milk, dry," which yielded Middle English geld "barren" (of women and female animals); also Old High German galt "barren," said of a cow. Related: Gelded; gelding .
2848 Etymology dictionary, p. goat (n.).3
… the milk from goats at night, but also old slang for "a prostitute," also "the female pudendum"). To get (someone's) goat is by 1908, American English, the source of many …
2849 Etymology dictionary, p. grade (n.).3
… of milk) is from a U.S. system instituted in 1912. To figuratively make the grade "be successful" is from 1912; early examples do not make clear whether the literal …
2850 Etymology dictionary, p. half-and-half (n.).2
1756 as "ale and porter;" as a mixture of milk and cream, by 1946.
2851 Etymology dictionary, p. homogenization (n.).2
1803 (specifically of milk, 1905); see homogenize + noun ending -ation .
2852 Etymology dictionary, p. homogenize (v.).2
"make similar," 1742, from homogeneous + -ize. The sense of "render milk uniform in consistency" is from 1901. Related: Homogenized; homogenizing; homogenizer .
2853 Etymology dictionary, p. huff (v.).2
… dragon's milk ), probably because it goes to the head and huffs one's cap.
2854 Etymology dictionary, p. humanoid (adj.).2
… cow's milk altered to be closer to human milk intended as food for infants.
2855 Etymology dictionary, p. jugs (n.).2
"a woman's breasts," 1920, in Australian slang, short for milk jugs, from jug (n.).
2856 Etymology dictionary, p. lactate (v.).2
"secrete milk from the breasts," 1889, probably a back-formation from lactation. The Latin verb was lactare. Related: Lactated; lactating .
2857 Etymology dictionary, p. lactation (n.).2
… lactis ) "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk"). The meaning "process of secreting milk from the breasts" is recorded by 1857. Related: Lactational .
2858 Etymology dictionary, p. lacteal (adj.).2
… to milk," earlier "milk-white" (1630s), from Latin lacteus "milky" (from lac "milk," from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk") + -al (1). Other 17c. attempts at an adjective in English yielded …
2859 Etymology dictionary, p. lactescence (n.).2
"milky appearance," 1680s, from lactescent "becoming milky" (1660s), from Latin lactescentem (nominative lactescens ), present participle of lactescere, inchoative of lactere "to be milky," from lac "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk").
2860 Etymology dictionary, p. lactic (adj.).2
1790, "procured from milk," in the chemical name lactic acid, which is so called because it was obtained from sour milk. From French lactique, from Latin lactis, genitive of lac "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk.") + French -ique (see -ic ).