Galician

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Musgo

Etymology 1

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Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin muscus (musk).

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musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. (archaic) musk
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 625:
      Et teu yrmão Fernã Gonçaluez, cõna muy grã coyta que ouue, sey(nd)o do paaço fugindo et saltou en hũu curral que nõ era muy limpo; et, quando el et seus panos ende seyrõ nõ cheyrauã a musgo
      And your brother Fernán González, with the great trouble he had, getting out of the palace and fleeing he jumped into a corral that was not very clean; and, when he finally got out of it, his clothes didn't smell of musk

Etymology 2

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From Latin mūscus (moss).

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musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss
    Synonym: mofo
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Portuguese

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musgo

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese musgo, from Latin mūscus (moss), from Proto-Indo-European *mews-.

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  • Hyphenation: mus‧go

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musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss

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Spanish

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musgo

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish musgo, from Latin muscus; probably a semi-learned term.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmusɡo/ [ˈmuz.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -usɡo
  • Syllabification: mus‧go

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musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss

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