musc

Inherited from Old French musc, borrowed from Late Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).

musc m (plural muscs)

1. musk

• “musc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• musg (obsolete)[1]

From English musk, from Middle English muske, from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).

musc m (genitive singular muisc)

1. musk (greasy secretion with powerful odour)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “musc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN