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"The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa, the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece, the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later, in Rome, ars musicaembraced poetry as well as instrument-oriented music"-(wikipedia).........so yes it does
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoWe will find it in 'mousike', an Ancient Greek adjective related to nine female figures who according to myth each guided the efforts of painters, dancers, actors and players of instruments. These women were referred to as 'Muses'.
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∙ 9y agoThe word "music" came from Greek for "the art of the Muses". The Muses are sister goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology. Then the word for "of the Muses" went into Latin, Middle English, and then ended up in the modern English word "music".
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∙ 14y agoIt comes from the Greek "mousike" or "mousikos" literally, "the art of the muse."
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∙ 14y agoFrom Greek mousikē, any art presided over by the Muses
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∙ 11y agoIt comes from mythology. The "muses" inspired musicians and artists, and basically creativity. So music is from the muses.
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∙ 14y agofrom the spanish MUSICA
English is a Germanic language and the German word for music is Musik
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∙ 12y agoThe word music originates from Greece. The Greek word mousikê, could be interpreted as any art or science governed by the Muses (mousa = muse).
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