The story
- Latin · derived frommuscus“musk”
- French · derived frommuscadin“a musk-scented lozenge”
- English todaymuscardin
From French muscadin (“a musk-scented lozenge”), from muscade (“nutmeg”), from Latin muscus (“musk”), so called from its odour. See muscadel.
Words from the same roots
Frenchmuscadin all →
muscadin
Latinmuscus all →
musciform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.