mousse
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) cabin boy
Etymology
Borrowed from French mousse (froth, foam) derived from Spanish, Castilian mozo (young person).
Origin
Spanish
mozo
Gloss
young person
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mousse English
- mousse Finnish
- *muttius Latin
- musteus Latin
- antimousse French
- mousse French
- mousser French
- mousseux French
- moussu French
- мусс Russian
- aeromozo Spanish, Castilian
- mocedad Spanish, Castilian
- mocito Spanish, Castilian
- mousse Spanish, Castilian
- mozo Spanish, Castilian
- musse Portuguese
- mosse Old French
- მუსი Georgian
- 慕斯 Chinese
- musu Yosondúa Mixtec