musca
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a fly (insect)
- (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying people
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mus-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mus-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Musca English
- midge English
- midgey English
- midgie English
- mosquito English
- mugwort English
- muscarine English
- muscarinergic English
- muscarinic English
- muschetor English
- myiasis English
- muscam Latin
- muscarium Latin
- muscio Latin
- muscus Latin
- mustum Latin
- mustus Latin
- mūscus Latin
- Fenstermücke German
- Gallmücke German
- Haarmücke German
- Moskito German
- Mücke German
- Stechmücke German
- Trauermücke German
- Wintermücke German
- minimosca Italian
- mosca Italian
- mosca bianca Italian
- moscaio Italian
- moscato Italian
- moschino Italian
- moscone Italian
- muskiet Dutch, Flemish
- mouche French
- moustique French
- моски́т Russian
- mosca Spanish, Castilian
- mosquitero Spanish, Castilian
- mosquito Spanish, Castilian
- κυνόμυια Ancient Greek
- μυιοσόβος Ancient Greek
- μυῖα Ancient Greek
- *mu- Proto-Indo-European
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- antimosquito Portuguese
- mosca Portuguese
- mosquito Portuguese
- *musą Proto-Germanic
- *mūs Proto-Germanic
- moskit Polish
- मशक Sanskrit
- mydge Middle English
- mý Old Norse
- *mùxa Proto-Slavic
- mousche Old French
- musche Old French
- mosca Catalan, Valencian
- mosquit Catalan, Valencian
- mosca Galician
- muscă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mussche Middle Dutch
- mucka Old High German
- moskīts Latvian
- మశకము Telugu
- moûque Norman
- mushkonjë Albanian
- mousche Middle French
- mousquet Middle French
- musca Old Dutch
- mosca Old Portuguese
- muscã Aromanian
- mushconj Aromanian
- mosca Occitan
- my Westrobothnian
- mostga Romansh
- muos-cha Romansh
- mustga Romansh
- mosca Asturian
- माशी Marathi
- моуха Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- moscje Friulian
- *makáśas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- মশা Bengali
- mosca Old Occitan
- moquito Old Spanish
- mosca Old Spanish
- mosquito Old Spanish
- mósca Venetian
- muasca Dalmatian
- moshka Ladino
- מושקה Ladino
- Muskitt Hunsrik
- moxhe Walloon
- môche Bourguignon
- मूस Konkani
- moschetto roa-oit