Mosk
/mɒsk/noun
An obsolete or variant English spelling of mosque, a Muslim place of worship.
Did you know?The modern word mosque and the older spelling mosk ultimately trace to Arabic masjid, literally a place where one performs sajdah, or prostration.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
s-j-d
“To bow down or prostrate oneself”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
sajada
“He prostrated himself”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
masjid
“A place of prostration; a place of worship”
16th Century
Spanish
mezquita
“Mosque, borrowed through historical European transmission from Arabic”
16th–17th Century
French
mosquée
“Mosque”
17th Century
English
mosk
“A mosque; an older or variant English spelling”
Modern English
English
mosque
“A Muslim place of worship; the spelling mosk survives mainly historically or dialectally”