Where does “mucosa” come from?

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

mucosa (Spanish): feminine singular of mucoso

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of mucoso

Ancestry of “mucosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmucosomucous
2Late Latinmucosusslimy
3Latinmūcusmucus
4Proto-Italicmoukos—
5Proto-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 →