Musca
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (constellation) An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin musca (fly, a fly).
Origin
Latin
musca
Gloss
fly, a fly
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muscarine English
- muschetor English
- musca Latin
- muscarium Latin
- mosca Italian
- mosquito Spanish, Castilian
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- mosquito Portuguese
- mousche Old French
- musche Old French
- muscă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mushkonjë Albanian
- musca Old Dutch
- mosca Old Portuguese
- muscã Aromanian
- mushconj Aromanian
- mostga Romansh
- muos-cha Romansh
- mustga Romansh
- mosca Asturian
- moscje Friulian
- mosca Old Occitan
- mosca Old Spanish
- mósca Venetian
- muasca Dalmatian
- מושקה Ladino
- môche Bourguignon
- moschetto roa-oit