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

musik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French musique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmusiquemusic
2Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
3Latinmusaicum—
4Latinmusivummosaic
5Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
6Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
7Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

via Anglo-Norman musik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmusik—

Words derived from “musik”

Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσα →Every word from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον →Every word from Latin mūsēum →