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Where does “mocoso” come from?

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

mocoso (Spanish): having lots of mucus; mucous; mucilaginous

Definitions

  1. having lots of mucus; mucous; mucilaginous

Ancestry of “mocoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmoçoObsolete spelling of mozo
2Latinmūcus—
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
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