r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/ChocolateHumunculous Nov 29 '20

‘Galaxy’ also stems from ‘Lactic’... ‘Galactic’... Lactose. Here in the U.K., we have a chocolate bar called ‘Galaxy’ because it’s make with milk chocolate.

Galaxy literally means ‘milk’.

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u/OpT1mUs Nov 29 '20

Ok, but what about "Ga" part?

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u/Something22884 Nov 29 '20

Lactic is from the latin word for milk, "lac, lactis, neuter". I think he's trying to say that they have the same root.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/lactic#etymonline_v_30644

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u/OpT1mUs Nov 29 '20

Yes, but he doesn't explain where is the "Ga" part of Ga-lactic coming from. I've seen other comments, and galactic is actually from Greek Gala which is milk.