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Where does “Μοῦσα” come from?

Μοῦσα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Μονθια, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Μοῦσα (Ancient Greek): Muse

Definitions

  1. Muse

Ancestry of “Μοῦσα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΜονθια—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “Μοῦσα”

  • music
  • musical
  • museum
  • mosaic
  • Mosaic
  • muse
  • Muse
  • musically
  • unmusical
  • musicality
  • musicology
  • ethnomusicology
  • musicologist
  • bemusement
  • mosaicism
  • ethnomusicologist
  • nonmusical
  • extramusical
  • museological
  • museology
  • musicking
  • bemuse
  • musicmaking
  • mosaicist
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