Given name & surname · also Middle English
Musk
“must (fermenting juice)”
Musk is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Middle Dutch).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Musk goes back to Middle English must, meaning “must (fermenting juice).”
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Where it comes from
Musk comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Middle Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English must (“must (fermenting juice)”), from Middle English muske (“musk”), from Dutch Musch, from Middle Dutch mussche.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Musk’s family of names
In English usage, Musk as a surname shares a linguistic root with MUSCO.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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