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Where does “moustre” come from?

moustre (Old French) comes from Latin monstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

Ancestry of “moustre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmonstruma divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil...
2Proto-Italicmonestrom—

Words derived from “moustre”

  • monster
  • monsterlike
  • monstery
  • monstress
  • monstrification
  • monsterization
  • monsterize
  • monsterdom
  • bemonster
  • supermonster
  • monsterless
  • monstercock
  • monsterology
  • monsterling
  • monsterlet
  • mermonster
  • monsterise
  • monsteri
  • モンスター
  • monstre
  • 몬스터
Every word from Proto-Italic monestrom →