Where does “музей” come from?
музей (Bulgarian) comes from Russian музе́й, from French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
музей (Bulgarian): museum; historically important place preserved in...
Definitions
- museum; historically important place preserved in...
Ancestry of “музей”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | музе́й | — |
| 2 | French | musée | museum |
| 3 | Latin | mūsēum | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |