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Where does “mycocécidie” come from?

mycocécidie (French) comes from French myco-, from Ancient Greek μύκης, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mycocécidie (French): mycocecidium

Definitions

  1. mycocecidium

Ancestry of “mycocécidie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmyco-myco-
2Ancient Greekμύκηςmushroom or other fungus; any mushroom-shaped...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
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