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Where does “mosaïque” come from?

mosaïque (French) comes from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

mosaïque (French): mosaic; related to Moses

Definitions

  1. mosaic; related to Moses

Ancestry of “mosaïque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
2Latinmusaicum—
3Latinmusivummosaic
4Latinmūsēum—
5Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “mosaïque”

  • mosaïste
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