Etymology

lactic

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or derived from milk. Full definition →

Latin lactis
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  1. Latin · derived fromlactis“of milk”
  2. English todaylactic

From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.

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