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Where does “mucco” come from?

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

mucco (Latin): I blow my nose

Definitions

  1. I blow my nose

Ancestry of “mucco”, step by step

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