English
Mosso
Mosso comes from Catalan mosso ‘police officer’, and goes back to Old Spanish mozo ‘boy, lad’.
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500mozo‘boy, lad’
- Catalanc. 1500–presentmosso‘police officer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Mosso
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500mozo‘boy, lad’
- Catalanc. 1500–presentmosso‘police officer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Mosso
Earliest quotation: 2017, Sam Jones, Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence: “Even if he draws back from a declaration, many…”
Every English word from Old Spanish mozo
Today it means
noun A member of the Mossos d'Esquadra.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Spanish mozo / Mosso