Where does “mushy” come from?
Mushy comes from English mushroom, which derives from Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
mushy (English): Resembling or having the consistency of mush;...
Definitions
- Resembling or having the consistency of mush;...
Ancestry of “mushy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MUSH | A form of multi-user dungeon, often used for... |
| 2 | English | mushroom | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi... |
| 3 | Middle English | muscheron | mushroom |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | musherum | — |
| 5 | Old French | moisseron | — |
| 6 | Old French | mosse | moss |
| 7 | Frankish | mosa | moss |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | musą | moss, bog |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |