Etymology of the French word mucilage
the Old French word
mucilagederived from the Latin word
mucilagoderived from the Classical Latin word
mucerederived from the Classical Latin word
mucus (Greek muxa, snivel, slippery secretion; mucus, snot; recess)
derived from the Late Latin word
mucillagoderived from the Classical Latin word
mucus (Greek muxa, snivel, slippery secretion; mucus, snot; recess)
Date
The earliest known usage of mucilage in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
mucilagineux,
démucilaginerDerivations in other languages
English
mucilage, Romanian
mucilagiuCognates
Spanish
mucilagoUsage
Word found in Old French
