Where does “moucher” come from?

moucher (French) comes from Latin muccare, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

moucher (French): to blow nose; to put someone in their place; to...

Definitions

  1. to blow nose; to put someone in their place; to...

Ancestry of “moucher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmuccarepresent active infinitive of *muccō
2Latinmūcusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “moucher”

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