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
2Latinmūcusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mucoso”

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