Where does “mucări” come from?

mucări (Romanian) comes from Romanian muc, from Latin mucci.

mucări (Romanian): to cut the candlewick of a smoking candle

Definitions

  1. to cut the candlewick of a smoking candle

Ancestry of “mucări”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmucbooger; cigarette butt, stump; wick, candle end
2Latinmucci—
Every word from Latin mucci →Every word from Romanian muc →
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