English
muricoid
Muricoid comes from Latin mūrex ‘a shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūrex‘a shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple’
- Englishtodaymuricoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūrex‘a shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple’
- Englishtodaymuricoid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’
mouse, mice, myelin, myocardium, 15 more
through Latin mūs ‘mouse’
Today it means
adj Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mūrex / muricoid