Where does “mouche” come from?

mouche (French) comes 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,...

mouche (French): fly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien...

Definitions

  1. fly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien...

Ancestry of “mouche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmouschefly
2Old Frenchmousche
3Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
4Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Words derived from “mouche

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs-