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Where does “mucilaginosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mucilaginosus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mucilaginosus”

  • mucilaginous
  • mucilaginously
  • mucilaginousness
  • nonmucilaginous
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