Where does “ethnomusicology” come from?
Ethnomusicology is a modern English compound of ethno- and musicology, which derives from Old French musique, Latin musica, Ancient Greek μουσική, ultimately from Μοῦσα, the muse of music.
ethnomusicology (English): The study of music and culture; the study of...
Definitions
- The study of music and culture; the study of...
Ancestry of “ethnomusicology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | musicology | the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in... |
| 2 | English | music | A series of sounds organized in time, employing... |
| 3 | Middle English | musik | Alternative form of musike |
| 4 | Old French | musique | music |
| 5 | Italian | mosaico | mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;... |
| 6 | Latin | musaicum | — |
| 7 | Latin | musivum | mosaic |
| 8 | Latin | mūsēum | a place or temple devoted to the Muses |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |