Where does “mucus” come from?
Mucus comes from Latin mucus, from Proto-Indo-European mew-, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-.
mucus (English): A slippery secretion from the lining of the...
Definitions
- A slippery secretion from the lining of the...
Ancestry of “mucus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mūcus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |
Words derived from “mucus”