Moose
/muːs/noun
A large deer of northern North America and Eurasia with broad, flat antlers.
Did you know?The English word moose comes from an Algonquian source meaning something like ‘he strips off’ or ‘twig-eater,’ a vivid name for an animal famous for browsing bark and branches.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Algonquian
PA
*mo·swa
“an elk or moose-like deer”
Eastern Algonquian
Algonquian
moos
“moose”
17th Century
English
moose
“a large North American deer”
Modern English
English
moose
“the large deer Alces alces”