Etymology of the French word muscle
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-Date
The earliest known usage of muscle in French dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in French
musclé,
musclerDerivations in other languages
English
muscleCognates
Dutch
musculatuur, English
muscle, German
Muskel, Italian
muscolo, Latin
musculus, Norwegian
muskel, Polish
muskul, Swedish
muskel, Yiddish
musklUsage
Word found in Old French
