Where does “mosaic” come from?

mosaic (Catalan) comes from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

mosaic (Catalan): mosaic

Definitions

  1. mosaic

Ancestry of “mosaic”, step by step

mosaic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mosaico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
2Latinmusaicum
3Latinmusivummosaic
4Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
5Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

via Latin Mosaicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMosaicus
2LatinMōsēs
3Ancient GreekΜωϋσῆς
4Ancient GreekΜωυσῆς
5HebrewמֹשֶׁהMoses

Words derived from “mosaic

Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσαEvery word from Ancient Greek μουσεῖονEvery word from Latin mūsēum