Where does “moc” come from?

moc (Catalan) comes from Latin muccus, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

moc (Catalan): mucus; snot

Definitions

  1. mucus; snot

Ancestry of “moc”, step by step

moc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin muccus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmuccus—
2Latinmūcusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

via Latin mūcāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūcāre—

Words derived from “moc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →