Where does “muggine” come from?

muggine (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *mūgō, from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

muggine (Italian): mullet

Definitions

  1. mullet

Ancestry of “muggine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*mūgō
2Latinmugilmullet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “muggine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-Every word from Latin mugilEvery word from Vulgar Latin *mūgō