The story
- Middle High German · derived fromMozahrt
- German · borrowed fromMozart
- English todayMozart
Borrowed from German Mozart. First recorded in the 14th century as Middle High German Mozahrt, from motzen (“to roll in filth”); originally used as a given name with the -hart suffix, as a name for dirty or sloppy people.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.