Saturday, May 31, 2014

Moss, in my words + mosses

mocs : moss

The Illunse word for moss is mocs. Mocs is an informal term short for moccasins. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga team nickname is the Mocs. Mocs is a rare to unusual last name.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for moss, méos, and the Latin word for moss, muscus.

This is a new word. If I decide to use the letter X in Illunse, this word would be mox.

mocsas : mosses

The Illunse word for mosses (nominative plural) is mocsas. Mocsas is a very rare last name. Similar Mocsa is the name of a village in Hungary.

Mosses in Latin is musci. Mosses in Old English is méosas.

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