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

  1. A slippery secretion from the lining of the...

Ancestry of “mucus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūcusmucus
2Proto-Italicmoukos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mucus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →