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mucilage

Meaningslime

Common meaning: a sticky gum from plants

Journey through time

  1. Latinmūcus, -ī‘slime from the nose’
  2. Frenchmucilage
  3. Englishmucilage‘a sticky gum from plants’ · today

muc also in: mucusmucous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin mūcus ‘slime from the nose’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mūcus, p. 1169 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

mucousmucus

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