Etymology

mucociliary

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus. Full definition →

English ciliary ← Latin mūcus ← Proto-Italic *moukos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Englishciliary
  6. English todaymucociliary

From muco- + ciliary.

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