Where does “mouch” come from?

mouch (Antillean Creole) comes from French mouche, from Middle French mousche, from Old French mousche, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

mouch (Antillean Creole): fly insect

Definitions

  1. fly insect

Ancestry of “mouch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouchefly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien...
2Middle Frenchmouschefly
3Old Frenchmousche—
4Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
5Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Ancient Greek μυῖα →Every word from Latin musca →