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2861 Etymology dictionary, p. lactivorous (adj.).2
1824; see lacto- "milk" + -vorous "devouring."
2862 Etymology dictionary, p. lacto-.2
… meaning "milk," from Latin lac (genitive lactis ) "milk," from Proto-Italic *(g)lagt-, from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk." This and the separate root *melg- (source of milk (n.)) account …
2863 Etymology dictionary, p. lactose (n.).2
sugar from milk, 1843, from French, coined 1843 by French chemist Jean Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) from Latin lac (genitive lactis ) "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk") + chemical suffix -ose (2).
2864 Etymology dictionary, p. latte (n.).2
"espresso coffee with milk," by 1990, short for caffè latte, which is an Italian expression meaning "milk coffee," from Latin lac (genitive lactis ) "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk"). Compare cafe au lait .
2865 Etymology dictionary, p. lectern (n.).2
… mulctrum "milking-pail" from mulgere "to milk."
2866 Etymology dictionary, p. lettuce (n.).2
… lactis ) "milk" (from PIE root *g(a)lag- "milk"); so called for the milky juice of the plant. Old English had borrowed the Latin word as lactuce .
2867 Etymology dictionary, p. Liebfraumilch (n.).2
German white wine, 1833, from German, literally "milk of Our Lady."
2868 Etymology dictionary, p. May.3
… be milked three times a day. May marriages have been considered unlucky at least since Ovid's day. May-apple, perennial herb native to North America, so called …
2869 Etymology dictionary, p. malt (v.).2
mid-15c., malten, "to convert grain to malt," from malt (n.). Meaning "to make with malt" is from c. 1600. Related: Malted; malting. Malted (n.) "a drink with malted milk" is by 1945.
2870 Etymology dictionary, p. manchego (n.).2
… cow's-milk cheese from Spain, 1905, literally "of La Mancha ," the region in central Spain from which it takes its name. The connection of the region name with Spanish …
2871 Etymology dictionary, p. masturbation (n.).4
… ; to milk; to mount a corporal and four; to dash one's doodle; and they note that it was "sometimes known as KEEPING DOWN THE CENSUS."
2872 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.2
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Compare *g(a)lag- .
2873 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.3
It forms all or part of: emulgent; emulsify; emulsion; milch; milk .
2874 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.4
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit marjati "wipes off;" Greek amelgein, Latin mulgere, Old Church Slavonic mlesti, Lithuanian melžti "to milk;" Old Irish melg "milk."
2875 Etymology dictionary, p. milch (adj.).2
"giving milk, having milk," late 13c., milche, melch, from Old English -milce "milking" (Anglian -melce, West Saxon -mielce ), from Proto-Germanic *melik- "milk," from PIE root …
2876 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (v.).1
milk (v.)
2877 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (v.).2
… ). Related: Milked; milking .
2878 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).1
milk (n.)
2879 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).2
… - "to milk," from PIE root *melg- "to wipe, to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Old Church Slavonic noun meleko …
2880 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).3
Of milk-like plant juices or saps from c. 1200. Milk chocolate (eating chocolate made with milk solids, paler and sweeter) is recorded by 1723; milk shake was used …