English
musculus
Musculus comes from Latin mūsculus ‘a little 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūsculus‘a little mouse’diminutive of mūs
- Englishtodaymusculus
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūsculus‘a little mouse’diminutive of mūs
- Englishtodaymusculus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’
mice, mouse, myelin, myocardium, 16 more
through Latin mūs ‘a mouse’
through Latin mūsculus ‘a little mouse’
Today it means
noun A muscle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *múHs / musculus