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Where does “mucosa” come from?

mucosa (Latin) comes from Latin mucosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

mucosa (Latin): nominative feminine singular of mūcōsus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of mūcōsus;...

Ancestry of “mucosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmucosusslimy
2Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
3Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
4Latinont-to-s—
5Latin-o-wont-to-s—
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