muske

Middle English

Alternative forms

musca, musco, musk, musce

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmusk/, /ˈmuskə/, /ˈmuskɔ/, /ˈmuska/

Noun

muske (uncountable)

musk (substance derived from a musk deer's glands)
(rare) A kind of plant juice.

Descendants

English: musk

References

“musk (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-05.

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