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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a salt or ester of lactic acid
verb give suck to
originBorrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“to suckle, give suck, contain milk”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).
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