Where does “muso” come from?
muso (Esperanto) comes from French mouche, from Middle French mousche, from Old French mousche, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
muso (Esperanto): mouse
Ancestry of “muso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mouche | fly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien... |
| 2 | Middle French | mousche | fly |
| 3 | Old French | mousche | — |
| 4 | Latin | musca | a fly; an inquisitive or prying people |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυῖα | a fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |
Words derived from “muso”