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Where does “musclewoman” come from?

musclewoman (English) comes 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, from Proto-Hellenic *mū́s — mouse.

musclewoman (English): Alternative form of muscle woman

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of muscle woman

Ancestry of “musclewoman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmuscleA contractile form of tissue which animals use to...
2Middle Englishmuscle—
3Old Englishmuscle—
4Proto-Germanic*muskulā—
5LatinmusculaDiminutive of musca
6Latinmūsculus—
7Ancient Greekμῦςmouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale
8Proto-Hellenic*mū́s—
9Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
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