Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes. · Short for vegetable mucus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcuslbor. English mucus Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Partly displaced Old English slīm, whence modern slime.
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