Etymology

musicker

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Today it means: A musician. Full definition →

Middle English musiker
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommusiker
  2. English todaymusicker

From Middle English musiker. Equivalent to music + -er (with -k- added to retain the “hard c”). Compare German Musiker etc.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.