English
Mouseion
Mouseion comes from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον, and goes back to Μοῦσᾰ ‘Muse’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜοῦσᾰ‘Muse’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜουσεῖονMouseîon
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Mouseion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜοῦσᾰ‘Muse’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜουσεῖονMouseîon
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Mouseion
Earliest quotation: 2026, Rose Horowitch, The End of Reading Is Here: “These were stored at the Mouseion, a shrine to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’
mind, music, money, comment, mental, remain, amount, permanent, auto, min, mouth, mountain, mention, monster, mount, monitor, mentor, mint, maya, dementia, monetary, imminent, demonstration, amnesty, eminent, monument, menace, ming, prominence, mas, mandarin, mantra, monk, mania, amnesia, monastery, manic, remnant, monte, muster, 126 more
through Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον
Today it means
name An ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter (c. 369–282 BCE) as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ / Mouseion