Etymology

musca

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Today it means: An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus. Full definition →

Latin musca
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Musca · proper noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed frommusca“a fly”
  2. English todayMusca

Borrowed from Latin musca (“a fly”). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche.

MUSCA · proper noun2

  1. Spanish · calque ofT-MEC
  2. English todayMUSCA

Calque of Spanish T-MEC (Tratado entre México y Estados Unidos y Canadá). Coined in analogy to USMCA and CUSMA.

Words from the same roots

Latinmusca all →

mosquitomusketmuscarinemuschetormuscicidemuscifugemuscoid

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