Etymology

mucopus

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Today it means: a mixture of mucus and pus Full definition →

English pus ← 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. Englishpus
  6. English todaymucopus

From muco- + pus.

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