08-08-2017, 02:13 PM
Latin for weasel is mustela, might there be a plant which sounds like that?
The first thing that comes to mind is nutmeg, which in many languages has a "muscat" root. About the etymology, I'll link to the wonderful spice page by Gernot Katzer: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
"In many European countries, the name of nutmeg derives from Latin nux muscatus "musky nut; moschate nut" [...] The term musk refers to an aroma obtained, since antiquity, from the musk deer, a dog-sized animal native to the Himalayas."
mustela
muscatus
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The first thing that comes to mind is nutmeg, which in many languages has a "muscat" root. About the etymology, I'll link to the wonderful spice page by Gernot Katzer: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
"In many European countries, the name of nutmeg derives from Latin nux muscatus "musky nut; moschate nut" [...] The term musk refers to an aroma obtained, since antiquity, from the musk deer, a dog-sized animal native to the Himalayas."
mustela
muscatus