Where does “muko” come from?

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

muko (Esperanto): slime, mucus

Definitions

  1. slime, mucus

Ancestry of “muko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmucomucus
2EnglishmucusA slippery secretion from the lining of the...
3Latinmūcusmucus
4Proto-Italicmoukos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “muko”

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