English
muricidal
Muricidal comes from Latin mūs ‘a mouse’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *múHs.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHs‘mouse’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mūs‘mouse’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūs‘a mouse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977muricidal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHs‘mouse’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mūs‘mouse’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūs‘a mouse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977muricidal
Earliest quotation: 1977, F V DeFeudis, Patricia A F DeFeudis: “[…] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of…”
Formed from mūs + -cidal
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’
mouse, mice, myelin, myocardium, 15 more
through Latin mūs ‘a mouse’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to muricide.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *múHs / muricidal