Where does “muusik” come from?

muusik (Wolof) comes from French musique, 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,...

muusik (Wolof): music

Definitions

  1. music

Ancestry of “muusik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmusiquemusic; first/third-person singular present...
2Old Frenchmusiquemusic
3Italianmosaicomosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;...
4Latinmusaicum
5Latinmusivummosaic
6Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
7Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
8Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσαEvery word from Ancient Greek μουσεῖονEvery word from Latin mūsēum
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