Where does “musca” come from?

musca (Romanian) comes from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

musca (Romanian): definite nominative/accusative singular of muscă

Definitions

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of muscă

Ancestry of “musca”, step by step

musca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin musca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
2Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via Ottoman Turkish موسقه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishموسقه—
2Persianنسخهcopy; version; prescription
3Arabicنُسْخَةcopy, transcript

Words derived from “musca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →