Where does “muscheron” come from?

muscheron (Middle English) comes 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,...

muscheron (Middle English): mushroom

Definitions

  1. mushroom

Ancestry of “muscheron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmusherum—
2Old Frenchmoisseron—
3Old Frenchmossemoss
4Frankishmosamoss
5Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Words derived from “muscheron”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic musą →Every word from Frankish mosa →