Where does “mucere” come from?

mucere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin mucere, from Latin mucus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mucere (Vulgar Latin): to be moldy or musty; to be mouldy

Definitions

  1. to be moldy or musty; to be mouldy

Ancestry of “mucere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmucereto be moldy or musty; to be mouldy
2Latinmucusmucus
3Proto-Italicmoukos—
4Proto-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 mucus →