Where does “gobe-mouche” come from?

gobe-mouche (French) 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,...

gobe-mouche (French): flytrap plant

Definitions

  1. flytrap plant

Ancestry of “gobe-mouche”, step by step

gobe-mouche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mouche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouchefly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien...
2Middle Frenchmouschefly
3Old Frenchmousche—
4Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
5Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via French gober

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgoberto swallow whole; to believe easily, without...
2Gaulishgobbosmouth
3Proto-Celticgobbosmouth, muzzle, snout, beak; muzzle, snout;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵebʰ-jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Ancient Greek μυῖα →Every word from Latin musca →