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Where does “μύσσομαι” come from?

μύσσομαι (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

μύσσομαι (Ancient Greek): to blow the nose; to snort, blow one's nose; I...

Definitions

  1. to blow the nose; to snort, blow one's nose; I...

Ancestry of “μύσσομαι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “μύσσομαι”

  • myctophid
  • mycterism
  • Myctophidae
  • μυκτήρ
  • μυκτηρίζω
  • μυκτήρ
  • μυκτηρισμός
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