Where does “musc” come from?

musc (Irish) comes from English Musk, from Middle English muske, from Old French musc, from Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος, from Middle Persian mwšk', from Sanskrit मुष्क, from Sanskrit मूष् — mouse.

musc (Irish): musk

Definitions

  1. musk

Ancestry of “musc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMuskA greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes
2Middle Englishmuskemusk; A kind of plant juice
3Old Frenchmusc
4Latinmūscusmoss
5Ancient Greekμόσχοςyoung shoot or twig; leafstalk, petiole; calf,...
6Middle Persianmwšk'musk
7Sanskritमुष्कtesticle, scrotum
8Sanskritमूष्mouse; "stealer", "thief"
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “musc

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s
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