myxa

Latin

noun

Definitions

sebesten (tree)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύξα (mucus, lamp wick, kind of plum-tree).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μύξα

Gloss

mucus, lamp wick, kind of plum-tree

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

myxovirus English
*micca Latin
*mysca Latin
μυξῖνος Ancient Greek
μύξα Ancient Greek
*mew-k- Proto-Indo-European
μύξα Greek (modern)