Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “mew-k-”

297 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — including mucous, mucus, mycorrhizal, mycelium, streptomycin, mycobacteria, mycobacterial, mycorrhiza.

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English (157)

Translingual (40)

French (25)

Italian (18)

Latin (12)

Spanish (10)

Portuguese (7)

Catalan (4)

Galician (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Basque (2)

Aromanian (2)

Greek (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Late Latin (2)

Venetian (1)

Chinese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Romanian (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Proto-Italic (1)