Reconstruction:Latin/muso

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*amusō

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German muozōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtōn (“to be idle, be at leisure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuso/

Verb

*musō (present infinitive *musāre, perfect active *musāvī, supine *musātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

Descendants

Old French: muser, amuser
- Middle French: amuser
  - French: amuser
  - → Middle English: amusen
    - English: amuse
- Middle French: muser
  - French: muser
  - Italian: musare
- Norman: amuser, amûther (St. Ouen)
- Picard: amuseu, museu (Athois)
- Walloon: amûzer (Charleroi, Liégeois), amusè (Forrières)
- → Middle Dutch: musen
  - Dutch: muizen
  - West Flemish: musen
- → Middle English: musen, moysen, mousen
  - English: muse
Italian: musare
Old Occitan: amusar, musar
- Catalan: amusar
- Occitan: amusar