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Where does “マッシュルーム” come from?

マッシュルーム (Japanese) comes from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa, from Proto-Germanic musą, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

マッシュルーム (Japanese): button mushroom, "Agaricus bisporus"

Definitions

  1. button mushroom, "Agaricus bisporus"

Ancestry of “マッシュルーム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmushroomAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi...
2Middle Englishmuscheron—
3Anglo-Normanmusherum—
4Old Frenchmoisseron—
5Old Frenchmossemoss
6Frankishmosamoss
7Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
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