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Where does “mousmé” come from?

mousmé (English) comes from Japanese 娘, from Japanese むすめ — 娘: girl; daughter.

mousmé (English): A Japanese young woman or mistress

Definitions

  1. A Japanese young woman or mistress

Ancestry of “mousmé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese娘a daughter; Alternative spelling of 子
2Japaneseむすめ娘: girl; daughter
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