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Where does “musicless” come from?

musicless (English) comes from English music, from Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

musicless (English): Without music

Definitions

  1. Without music

Ancestry of “musicless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmusicA series of sounds organized in time, employing...
2Middle EnglishmusikAlternative form of musike
3Old Frenchmusiquemusic
4Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
5Latinmusaicum—
6Latinmusivummosaic
7Latinmūsēum—
8Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
9Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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