Etymology of the English word mussel
the English word
musselderived from 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
musculaderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*motananUsage
Word found in Modern English
