English
Musk
Musk comes from Latin mustum ‘must’, and goes back to mustus ‘newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmustus‘newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmustum‘must’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150must
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Musk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmustus‘newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmustum‘must’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150must
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Musk
Earliest quotation: 2024, Rhian Lubin: “Since the announcement, Musk reposted claims on his social…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mus- ‘damp’
through Latin mustus ‘newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'’
through Latin mustum ‘must’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mustus / Musk