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Where does “mosaicism” come from?

mosaicism (English) comes from English Mosaic, from Middle French mosaïque, 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,...

mosaicism (English): The condition in which more than one genetically...

Definitions

  1. The condition in which more than one genetically...

Ancestry of “mosaicism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMosaicPertaining to Moses, or the writings and...
2Middle Frenchmosaïquemosaic; related to Moses
3Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
4Latinmusaicum—
5Latinmusivummosaic
6Latinmūsēum—
7Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
8Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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