Where does “moço” come from?

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

moço (Spanish): Obsolete spelling of mozo

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of mozo

Ancestry of “moço”, step by step

moço traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mūcus

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

via Old Spanish moco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmoco—

Words derived from “moço”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →