Where does “popmusik” come from?

popmusik (Swedish) comes from Swedish musik, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

popmusik (Swedish): pop music

Definitions

  1. pop music

Ancestry of “popmusik”, step by step

popmusik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish musik

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

via Swedish pop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpoppop (pop music)
Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσαEvery word from Ancient Greek μουσικήEvery word from Latin mūsica