Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “mosel” come from?

mosel (Middle English) comes from Old French musel, from Latin musus.

Ancestry of “mosel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmusel—
2Latinmusus—

Words derived from “mosel”

  • muzzle
  • mussel
  • Musselburgh
  • muzzleloader
  • muzzleloading
  • unmuzzle
  • muzle
  • muzzlelike
  • muzzler
  • mousle
  • muzzleless
  • mozell
  • greymuzzle
  • graymuzzle
  • musle
  • muzzleth
  • muzzlest
  • robomussel
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