Where does “mucos” come from?

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

mucos (Romanian): mucous, snotty, mucilaginous; unfledged,...

Definitions

  1. mucous, snotty, mucilaginous; unfledged,...

Ancestry of “mucos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūcōsusslimy
2Latinmūcusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →