The word 'moose' originally came from Amerindian as 'mos'

'Moose' is a word borrowed from Amerindian 'mos'. The word entered the English language some time around 1603.

moose [noun] [1603]

• a ruminant mammal (Alces alces) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest ex...
• a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order

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Etymology: Of Algonquian origin; akin to Massachusett 'moos' moose

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