Where does “mucarniță” come from?

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

mucarniță (Romanian): wick trimmer

Definitions

  1. wick trimmer

Ancestry of “mucarniță”, 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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