Reconstruction:Latin/muccicalium
Latin
Etymology
From *muccicus + -ālium. Compare *putricālium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊkkɪˈkalʲu/
Noun
*muccicālium n (plural *muccicālia) (Proto-Romance)
- mould (fungal growth)
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: moccicaglia f
- Romanian: mucegai n
References
- “mucegai”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025