Etymology

mucogingivitis

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Today it means: inflammation of the mucogingival junction Full definition →

English gingivitis ← Latin gingīva ← Proto-Italic *moukos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Latingingīva
  6. Englishgingiva
  7. Englishgingivitis
  8. English todaymucogingivitis

From muco- + gingivitis.

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