Diminutive form of Old Frenchmugue or muguete(“musk”), from muscade, from Latinmuscāta, feminine of muscātus(“musky”), from Ancient Greekμόσχος(móskhos), from Middle Persian*mušk(“musk”), ultimately from Sanskritमुष्क(muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.
