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Where does “musik” come from?

musik (Middle English) comes from Old French musique, from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

musik (Middle English): Alternative form of musike

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of musike

Ancestry of “musik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmusiquemusic
2Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
3Latinmusaicum—
4Latinmusivummosaic
5Latinmūsēum—
6Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
7Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “musik”

  • music
  • musicology
  • ethnomusicology
  • musicologist
  • ethnomusicologist
  • musicking
  • musicmaking
  • musicing
  • miskin
  • musicless
  • nonmusic
  • musicker
  • musicscape
  • biomusic
  • musiclike
  • musicked
  • ethnomusicologically
  • micromusic
  • antimusic
  • musicography
  • ethnomusic
  • musicologic
  • music box
  • musicophile
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