Where does “apple-mush” come from?

apple-mush (English) comes from English MUSH, from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa, from Proto-Germanic musą — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

apple-mush (English): The mush or puree of apples; applesauce

Definitions

  1. The mush or puree of apples; applesauce

Ancestry of “apple-mush”, step by step

apple-mush traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English MUSH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMUSHA form of multi-user dungeon, often used for...
2EnglishmushroomAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi...
3Middle Englishmuscheronmushroom
4Anglo-Normanmusherum
5Old Frenchmoisseron
6Old Frenchmossemoss
7Frankishmosamoss
8Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via English Apple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAppleA computer produced by the company Apple Inc
2Middle Englishappelfruit, nut; apple; ball; spheroid
3Old Englishæppelfruit; apple; ball, sphere
4Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
5Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

via Middle English appelmos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishappelmosapplesauce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs-