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Where does “mozaik” come from?

mozaik (Hungarian) comes from German Mosaik, from Dutch mozaïek, from Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

mozaik (Hungarian): mosaic

Definitions

  1. mosaic

Ancestry of “mozaik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMosaikmosaic
2Dutchmozaïek—
3Middle Frenchmosaïquemosaic; related to Moses
4Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
5Latinmusaicum—
6Latinmusivummosaic
7Latinmūsēum—
8Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
9Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “mozaik”

  • mozaikszó
  • mozaikcsalád
  • mozaikcsaládok
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