Where does “intermuscular” come from?
intermuscular (English) comes from English muscular, from English muscle, from Middle English muscle, from Old English muscle, from Proto-Germanic *muskulā, from Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus, from Ancient Greek μῦς — mouse.
intermuscular (English): Between muscles
Definitions
- Between muscles
Ancestry of “intermuscular”, step by step
intermuscular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English muscular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | muscular | Of, relating to, or connected with muscles;... |
| 2 | English | muscle | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to... |
| 3 | Middle English | muscle | mussel bivalve |
| 4 | Old English | muscle | mussel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *muskulā | — |
| 6 | Latin | muscula | Diminutive of musca |
| 7 | Latin | mūsculus | a small mouse |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῦς | mouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *mū́s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHs | mouse |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |