Where does “muso” come from?
muso (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,...
muso (Ido): mouse
Definitions
- mouse
Ancestry of “muso”, step by step
muso traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto muso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | muso | mouse |
| 2 | French | mouche | fly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien... |
| 3 | Middle French | mousche | fly |
| 4 | Old French | mousche | — |
| 5 | Latin | musca | a fly; an inquisitive or prying people |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μυῖα | a fly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |