Reconstruction:Latin/muccicalium

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From *muccicus + -ālium. Compare *putricālium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊkkɪˈkalʲu/

Noun

*muccicālium n (plural *muccicālia) (Proto-Romance)

1. mould (fungal growth)

Related terms

• *muccicāre

Descendants

• Italian: moccicaglia f
• Romanian: mucegai n

References

• mucegai in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)