Where does “mucoflocculent” come from?

mucoflocculent (English) comes from English flocculent, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

mucoflocculent (English): mucous and flocculent

Definitions

  1. mucous and flocculent

Ancestry of “mucoflocculent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflocculentFlocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly;...
2Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
3Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
4Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô →