2123: mosaic vs. Mosaic Oct 7, 2020

'Mosaic' (or to disambiguate, 'mosaic') and 'Mosaic' are two different words basically spelt the same, but from two very religious roots. The former, used to describe a mural of tiles, comes from the Greek Μοῦσαι (Moũsai) meaning 'Muse' whereas the latter is an adjective meaning 'of Moses'; the words became pronounced the same in French, 'mosaïque' for both, but the Latin roots reflected the difference.

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