Where does “museo” come from?

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

museo (Italian): museum

Definitions

  1. museum

Ancestry of “museo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
2Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
3Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “museo”

Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσα →Every word from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον →Every word from Latin mūsēum →