English Explanatory Dictionary

mosette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of mozzetta.

Pronunciation

/məʊˈzɛt/ /moʊˈzɛt/

Word forms

mosette mosettes

Etymology

Borrowed from French mosette, from Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of mozetta.

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