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Where does “popmusikk” come from?

popmusikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål musikk, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

popmusikk (Norwegian Bokmål): pop music

Definitions

  1. pop music

Ancestry of “popmusikk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmusikkmusic
2Latinmūsica—
3Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
4Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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