muguet
French
Etymology
Diminutive form of Old French mugue or muguete (“musk”), from muscade, from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk (“musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ɡɛ/
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Descendants
- → Turkish: müge
Further reading
- “muguet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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