From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα ("Muse"), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. Surface analysis muse + -ic. In this sense, displaced native Old English drēam ("music"), whence Modern English dream.
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