Where does “mucid” come from?

mucid (English) comes from Latin mucidus, from Latin mūceō, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mucid (English): musty; mouldy; slimy; mucous

Definitions

  1. musty; mouldy; slimy; mucous

Ancestry of “mucid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmucidusmoldy, musty; sniveling
2Latinmūceōto be mouldy or musty
3Latinmūcusmucus
4Proto-Italicmoukos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mucid”

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