Where does “mucocele” come from?

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

mucocele (English): An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous...

Definitions

  1. An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous...

Ancestry of “mucocele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmuco-mucus
2Latinmūcusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-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 →