musgo

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin muscus (musk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmus.ɣʊ]

Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. (archaic) musk
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 625:
      Et teu yrmão Fernã Gonçaluez, cõna muy grã coyta que ouue, sey(nd)o do paaço fugindo et saltou en hũu curral que nõ era muy limpo; et, quando el et seus panos ende seyrõ nõ cheyrauã a musgo
      And your brother Fernán González, with the great trouble he had, getting out of the palace and fleeing he jumped into a corral that was not very clean; and, when he finally got out of it, his clothes didn't smell of musk

Etymology 2

From Latin mūscus (moss).

Alternative forms

  • murgo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmus.ɣʊ]

Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss
    Synonym: mofo
Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese musgo, from Latin mūscus (moss), from Proto-Indo-European *mews-.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmuz.ɡu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmuʒ.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmuz.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmuʒ.ɡu/ [ˈmuʒ.ɣu]

  • Hyphenation: mus‧go

Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish musgo, from Latin muscus; probably a semi-learned term.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmusɡo/ [ˈmuz.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -usɡo
  • Syllabification: mus‧go

Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)

  1. moss

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “musgo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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