Etymograph

English

musculin

Musculin comes from Latin musculus ‘a muscle’, from mūs ‘mouse’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHs1‘mouse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mūs1‘mouse’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūs1‘mouse’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmusculus2‘a muscle’
  5. Englishtodaymusculin2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin musculus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English musculin

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHsWiktionary, Latin musculus‘mouse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mūsWiktionary, Latin musculus‘mouse’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūsWiktionary, Latin musculus‘mouse’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmusculusWiktionary, English musculin‘a muscle’
  5. EnglishtodaymusculinWiktionary, English musculin

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’

mouse, mice, myocardium, myelin, 16 more

through Latin mūs ‘mouse’

murine, 10 more

through Latin musculus ‘a muscle’

muscle, mussel, 5 more

Today it means

noun syntonin

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “musculin”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin musculus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *múHs / musculin

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