Where does “mucosus” come from?

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

mucosus (Late Latin): slimy

Definitions

  1. slimy

Ancestry of “mucosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūcusmucus
2Proto-Italicmoukos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mucosus”

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