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Where does “musum” come from?

musum (Medieval Latin) comes from Late Latin musa, from Arabic مَوْزَة, from Arabic مَوْز.

musum (Medieval Latin): muzzle, snout

Definitions

  1. muzzle, snout

Ancestry of “musum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmusasong, poem; studies, sciences; banana
2Arabicمَوْزَةbanana
3Arabicمَوْز—

Words derived from “musum”

  • muzzle
  • mussel
  • Musselburgh
  • muzzleloader
  • muzzleloading
  • museau
  • unmuzzle
  • muzle
  • muzzlelike
  • muzzler
  • robomussel
  • mozell
  • mousle
  • muzzleless
  • greymuzzle
  • graymuzzle
  • musle
  • muzzleth
  • muzzlest
  • muso
  • musone
  • ammusare
  • musino
  • musoneria
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