English word muse comes from Proto-Germanic *mōtōną (To be available, unrestricted. To be idle, at leisure.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *mōtōną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To be available, unrestricted. To be idle, at leisure. |
| *gimōtōn | Frankish (frk) | |
| *muso | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) I gape, idly stare. (Vulgar Latin) I idly wait. (Vulgar Latin) I leisurely wander (in one's mind). |
| muser | Old French (fro) | To loiter; waste time. To ponder; to think about. To stare at in amazement. |
| musen | Middle English (enm) | |
| muse | English (en) | An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.. (transitive) To wonder at. |