Where does “museo” come from?

museo (Chavacano) comes from Spanish museo, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

museo (Chavacano): museum

Definitions

  1. museum

Ancestry of “museo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmuseomuseum
2Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
3Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
4Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσαEvery word from Ancient Greek μουσεῖονEvery word from Latin mūsēum