Etymology of the French word musée
the French word
muséederived from the Latin word
museumderived from the Greek word
Mouseionderived from the Greek word
Mouseiosderived from the Greek word
Mousaderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*men-derived from the Greek word
mouseîonderived from the Greek word
moûsaderived from the Greek word
mouseion, μουσεῖον
derived from the Greek word
mousa, μοῦσα
Date
The earliest known usage of musée in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
muséal,
écomuséeCognates
Dutch
museum, English
museum, German
Museum, Italian
museo, Latin
museum, Lithuanian
muziejus, Norwegian
museum, Polish
muzeum, Russian
музeй, Swedish
museum
