allacto

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

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: allattare
    • Neapolitan: allattà
    • Sicilian: addattari
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Ladino: alechar
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 53: “allattare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “allactare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 326