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Where does “mucilaginously” come from?

mucilaginously (English) comes from English mucilaginous, from New Latin mucilaginosus, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mucilaginously (English): In a mucilaginous manner

Definitions

  1. In a mucilaginous manner

Ancestry of “mucilaginously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmucilaginousOf, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and...
2New Latinmucilaginosus—
3Latinmūcus—
4Proto-Italicmoukos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →