Where does “mux” come from?

mux (Basque) 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,...

Ancestry of “mux”, 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,...

Words derived from “mux

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs-