Where does “mushily” come from?
mushily (English) comes from English mushy, 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 — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
mushily (English): In a mushy manner
Definitions
- In a mushy manner
Ancestry of “mushily”, step by step
mushily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mushy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mushy | Resembling or having the consistency of mush;... |
| 2 | English | MUSH | A form of multi-user dungeon, often used for... |
| 3 | English | mushroom | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi... |
| 4 | Middle English | muscheron | mushroom |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | musherum | — |
| 6 | Old French | moisseron | — |
| 7 | Old French | mosse | moss |
| 8 | Frankish | mosa | moss |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | musą | moss, bog |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |