Where does “musho” come from?

musho (Ido) comes from Esperanto muso, from French mouche, 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,...

musho (Ido): fly insect

Definitions

  1. fly insect

Ancestry of “musho”, step by step

musho traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto muso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomusomouse
2Frenchmouchefly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien...
3Middle Frenchmouschefly
4Old Frenchmousche
5Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
6Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via Italian Mosca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMoscafly
2RussianМосква́Moscow
3Old East SlavicМоскꙑ
4Proto-Slavicmosky

via Spanish mosca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmoscafly; digital on-screen graphic
2Old Spanishmoscafly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs-