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Where does “mosaico” come from?

mosaico (Italian) comes from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

mosaico (Italian): mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...

Definitions

  1. mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...

Ancestry of “mosaico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmusaicum—
2Latinmusivummosaic
3Latinmūsēum—
4Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
5Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “mosaico”

  • mosaic
  • Mosaic
  • mosaicism
  • mosaicist
  • mosaicplasty
  • photomosaic
  • mosaicked
  • mosaicity
  • mosaiclike
  • mosaical
  • mosaically
  • nonmosaic
  • micromosaic
  • antemosaic
  • mosaiculture
  • demosaic
  • premosaic
  • nanomosaic
  • mosaïque
  • mosaïste
  • mosaikartig
  • Mosaik
  • alfamosaico
  • mosaico
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