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Where does “moukos” come from?

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

Ancestry of “moukos”, step by step

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

Words derived from “moukos”

  • mucous
  • mucus
  • mucoid
  • submucous
  • ovomucoid
  • mouchoir
  • seromucous
  • mouchard
  • mucousy
  • muciparous
  • nonmucoid
  • mucusy
  • mucal
  • mucid
  • muculent
  • mucedin
  • chondromucoid
  • mucoidal
  • mucusless
  • submucously
  • nonmucous
  • mucousness
  • mucously
  • mucusuria
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