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Where does “musicologist” come from?

Musicologist derives from English music and the Ancient Greek suffix -ιστής, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα, the muse of music, through μουσική meaning the art of the muses.

musicologist (English): One who studies musicology

Definitions

  1. One who studies musicology

Ancestry of “musicologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmusicologythe scholarly or scientific study of music, as in...
2EnglishmusicA series of sounds organized in time, employing...
3Middle EnglishmusikAlternative form of musike
4Old Frenchmusiquemusic
5Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
6Latinmusaicum—
7Latinmusivummosaic
8Latinmūsēum—
9Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
10Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “musicologist”

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