Where does “museum” come from?

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

museum (Danish): museum

Definitions

  1. museum

Ancestry of “museum”, step by step

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