Where does “mocós” come from?

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

mocós (Catalan): full of mucus; having a nose full of mucus

Definitions

  1. full of mucus; having a nose full of mucus

Ancestry of “mocós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmocmucus; snot
2Latinmuccus—
3Latinmūcusmucus
4Proto-Italicmoukos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →