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Where does “Mugil” come from?

Mugil (Translingual) comes from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

Ancestry of “Mugil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmugilmullet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “Mugil”

  • Mugilidae
  • Mugiliformes
  • Mugilomorpha
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