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Borrowed from Latinlactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō(“contain milk, give suck”), from lac(“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greekγάλα(gála, “milk”).
Verb
lactate (third-person singular simple presentlactates, present participlelactating, simple past and past participlelactated)
