Where does “moisissure” come from?

moisissure (French) comes from French -ure, from Old French -ure, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

moisissure (French): mould

Definitions

  1. mould

Ancestry of “moisissure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ureUsed to form nouns describing the result of an...
2Old French-ureused to form usually feminine, usually abstract...
3Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work
Every word from Latin -tūra →Every word from French -ure →Every word from Old French -ure →