Where does “mocoło” come from?
mocoło (Venetian) comes from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.
mocoło (Venetian): candle; fool, idiot, blockhead
Definitions
- candle; fool, idiot, blockhead
Ancestry of “mocoło”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mūcus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |