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Where does “muzeo” come from?

muzeo (Esperanto) comes from Russian музе́й, from French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

muzeo (Esperanto): museum

Definitions

  1. museum

Ancestry of “muzeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмузе́й—
2Frenchmuséemuseum
3Latinmūsēum—
4Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
5Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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