muesca
Spanish
Etymology
Back-formation from moscar, from Vulgar Latin *mossicāre, from Latin morsicāre, present active infinitive of morsicō (“to nibble, to chew”).
Noun
muesca f (plural muescas)
- notch, groove
Derived terms
- muesca superior (“top notch”)
Further reading
- “muesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014