musculus.
little mouse, small rodent; common mouse; various (sea) creatures; mussel; B:muscle; W:military shed, mantelet, "mousie"; small boat (mydion);
Meaning & usage
diminutive of mūs: a small mouse
a companion of the whale
a saltwater mussel
a muscle
a shed, mantelet, shielding
a kind of small sailing vessel
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Italic *mūs Latin mūs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus ▲ Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)sl. Latin mūsculus From mūs (“mouse”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), literally “little mouse”. The “muscle” sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; mussel; muscle”), compare also Russian мы́шца (mýšca, “muscle”).
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