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Where does “mucoso” come from?

mucoso (Italian) comes from Late Latin mucosus, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mucoso (Italian): mucous

Definitions

  1. mucous

Ancestry of “mucoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmucosusslimy
2Latinmūcus—
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mucoso”

  • muccoso
  • muccosità
  • sieromucoso
  • sottomucoso
  • mucosità
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