allacto

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Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ lact- (milk) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Attested in Marcellus Empiricus.[1]

Verb

allactō (present infinitive allactāre, perfect active allactāvī, supine allactātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. to breastfeed (said of the mother)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 53: “allattare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “allactare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 326