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lactic (adj.)
1790, "procured from milk," in the chemical name
lactic acid
, which is so called because it was obtained from sour milk. From French
lactique
, from Latin
lactis
, genitive of
lac
"milk" (see
lacto-
) + French
-ique
(see
-ic
).
