Where does “muco” come from?

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

muco (Italian): mucus

Definitions

  1. mucus

Ancestry of “muco”, step by step

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

Words derived from “muco”

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