Where does “muc” come from?
muc (Aromanian) comes from Latin muccus, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.
muc (Aromanian): snot, nasal mucus, snivel
Definitions
- snot, nasal mucus, snivel
Ancestry of “muc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | muccus | — |
| 2 | Latin | mūcus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |