Where does “museau” come from?

museau (English) comes from French museau, from Middle French musel, from Old French musel, from Latin musus.

museau (English): Someone's face

Definitions

  1. Someone's face

Ancestry of “museau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmuseausnout, muzzle; face
2Middle Frenchmuselmuzzle
3Old Frenchmusel—
4Latinmusus—
Every word from Latin musus →Every word from Old French musel →Every word from Middle French musel →