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nutmeg — [13] Etymologically, the nutmeg is the ‘musk flavoured nut’. The word originated as a partial anglicization of Anglo Norman *nois mugue, which came via Old French nois muguede from Vulgar Latin *nuce muscāta, literally ‘musky nut’. This ‘musky’… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
nutmeg — (n.) hard aromatic seed of the East Indies, c.1300, from O.N.Fr. or Anglo Fr. *noiz mugue, from O.Fr. nois muguete, unexplained alteration of nois muscade nut smelling like musk, from nois nut (from L. nux) + L. muscada, fem. of muscat musky (see … Etymology dictionary
nutmeg — [13] Etymologically, the nutmeg is the ‘musk flavoured nut’. The word originated as a partial anglicization of Anglo Norman *nois mugue, which came via Old French nois muguede from Vulgar Latin *nuce muscāta, literally ‘musky nut’. This ‘musky’… … Word origins
