Where does “mucido” come from?
mucido (Italian) comes from Latin mucidus, from Latin mūceō, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.
mucido (Italian): musty, mouldy
Ancestry of “mucido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mucidus | moldy, musty; sniveling |
| 2 | Latin | mūceō | — |
| 3 | Latin | mūcus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |