Where does “mucusless” come from?
mucusless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
mucusless (English): Without mucus
Ancestry of “mucusless”, step by step
mucusless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English mucus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | mucus | A slippery secretion from the lining of the... |
| 2 | Latin | mūcus | mucus |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |