Where does “mūcus” come from?

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

mūcus (Latin): mucus

Definitions

  1. mucus

Ancestry of “mūcus”, step by step

mūcus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic moukos

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

via Proto-Indo-European mew-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “mūcus”

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