muske

See also: Muske, and muške

Middle English

Alternative forms

• musca, musco, musk, musce

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusk/, /ˈmuskə/, /ˈmuskɔ/, /ˈmuska/

Noun

muske (uncountable)

1. musk (substance derived from a musk deer's glands)
2. (rare) A kind of plant juice.

Descendants

• English: musk
  • → Irish: musc
  • → Welsh: mwsg

References

• “musk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-05.