musc
French
noun
Definitions
- musk
Etymology
Inherited from Old French musc borrowed from Latin muscus (moss) derived from Ancient Greek μόσχος (musk, calf) derived from Middle Persian *mušk (musk).
Origin
Middle Persian
*mušk
Gloss
musk
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- moschatus Latin
- moschus Latin
- muscada Latin
- muscata Latin
- muscus Latin
- musco Italian
- muskus Dutch, Flemish
- μόσχινος Ancient Greek
- μόσχος Ancient Greek
- *mews- Proto-Indo-European
- *mosǵʰ-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- moskus Norwegian Nynorsk
- मुष्क Sanskrit
- muske Middle English
- musc Old French
- mosqueta Catalan, Valencian
- musgo Galician
- Moschus Translingual
- myshk Albanian
- musgo Old Spanish
- *mušk Middle Persian