Where does “moussage” come from?
moussage (French) comes from French mousser, from French mousse, from Spanish mozo, from Latin musteus, from Latin mustum, from Latin mustus, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
moussage (French): foam, foaming
Definitions
- foam, foaming
Ancestry of “moussage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mousser | to foam |
| 2 | French | mousse | blunt; moss; bryophyte |
| 3 | Spanish | mozo | boy, lad, young man, youth; servant, helper,... |
| 4 | Latin | musteus | of or belonging to must; like must; young, new,... |
| 5 | Latin | mustum | must; unfermented or partially fermented grape... |
| 6 | Latin | mustus | fresh, young; unfermented |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |