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Where does “mosa” come from?

mosa (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic musą, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

mosa (Frankish): moss

Definitions

  1. moss

Ancestry of “mosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Words derived from “mosa”

  • mousse
  • mousseux
  • mousselike
  • moussy
  • mousse
  • мусс
  • antimoussant
  • moussant
  • antimousse
  • mousser
  • moussu
  • émousser
  • moussage
  • mousseux
  • mousse
  • mousseron
  • mousse
  • musse
  • 慕斯
  • mousse
  • musseron
  • mosse
  • moisseron
  • moise
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