The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγάλακτος“milk”
- English todaygalactose
From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”). Piecewise doublet of lactose.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγάλακτος all →
galactagoguegalactorrhea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.