Etymology

museo-

Latin mūsēum ← Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜουσεῖον
  2. Latin · borrowed frommūsēum
  3. English todaymuseo-

From Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Words from the same roots

Latinmūsēum all →

museummosaic

Ancient GreekΜουσεῖον all →

museummosaicMouseion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.