Proto-Indo-European

*mus-

‘fly’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mus-.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, most familiar first.

• must ← mustum ← mustus ← muscus
• mustard ← moustarde ← moust ← mustum ← mustus
• midget ← myċġ ← *muggju ← *mugjō
• musket ← mousquet ← moschetto ← musca
• mouche ← mousche ← mousche ← musca
• mossie ← mus ← mussche ← musca ← muscio
• myiasis ← μυῖα
• muscarine ← musca
• muscimol ← muscarius ← musca
• mosbolletjie ← mos ← most ← mustum ← mustus
• mouchard ← mouche ← mousche ← mousche ← musca
• mostaccioli ← mostacciolo ← mustaceus ← mustum ← mustus

More words from *mus-

• musquet
• muscoid
• muscicide
• muschetor
• muscifuge
• mosquito

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mus-