Etymology

mosaicist

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Today it means: a person who designs or builds mosaics Full definition →

English mosaic ← Middle French mosaïque ← Italian mosaico
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΜουσεῖον (Mouseîon)
  2. Ancient Greekμουσεῖον (mouseîon)
  3. Late Latinmūsīvum
  4. Medieval Latinmusaicum
  5. Italianmosaico
  6. Middle Frenchmosaïque
  7. Englishmosaic
  8. English todaymosaicist

From mosaic + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.