Where does “mousseline” come from?

mousseline (French) comes from Italian mussolina, from Italian Mussolo — Mosul.

mousseline (French): muslin; mousseline

Definitions

  1. muslin; mousseline

Ancestry of “mousseline”, step by step

mousseline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mussolina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmussolinaSynonym of mussola
2ItalianMussoloMosul

via Arabic الْمَوْصِل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالْمَوْصِل—

Words derived from “mousseline”

Every word from Italian Mussolo →Every word from Italian mussolina →