Etymology of the English word muscle
the English word
musclederived from the Old French word
musclederived from the New Latin word
musculus (little mouse; B:muscle; W:military shed, mantelet; little mouse, small rodent; common mouse)
derived from the Classical Latin word
mus (mouse)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mus-derived from the Vulgar Latin word
musculaDate
The earliest known usage of muscle in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
mussel,
musclebound,
outmuscle,
musclemanCognates
Dutch
musculatuur, French
muscle, German
Muskel, Italian
muscolo, Latin
musculus, Norwegian
muskel, Polish
muskul, Swedish
muskel, Yiddish
musklUsage
Word found in Old English, Modern English
