Saturday, July 08, 2006


I like that the word muse is part of the word museum. What does it all mean?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

So is 'um'.

Chris Sand said...

that's where i went to college my first two years.

Anonymous said...

Did you ever get your degree?

Chris Sand said...

yep. at evergreen state college in olympia, wa.

Anonymous said...

"Museum" is from the Greek word "mouseion" which means seat of the Muses.

Anonymous said...

Muse;

A guiding spirit.
A source of inspiration.
A poet.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa. See men-1 in Indo-European Roots.]