Etymograph

English

Mosco

Mosco comes from Italian mosca ‘fly’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mus-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mus-‘a fly (insect)’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmusca‘a fly (insect)’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentmosca‘fly’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentMosco
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mus-‘a fly (insect)’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmusca‘a fly (insect)’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentmosca‘fly’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentMosco
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mus- ‘a fly (insect)’

must, midget, 14 more

through Latin musca ‘a fly (insect)’

mosquito, musket, 10 more

Today it means

name A surname

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mus- / Mosco

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