Where does “muscular” come from?
Muscular comes from New Latin muscularis, meaning relating to muscle.
muscular (English): Of, relating to, or connected with muscles;...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or connected with muscles;...
Ancestry of “muscular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | muscle | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to... |
| 2 | Middle English | muscle | mussel bivalve |
| 3 | Old English | muscle | mussel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *muskulā | — |
| 5 | Latin | muscula | Diminutive of musca |
| 6 | Latin | mūsculus | a small mouse |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῦς | mouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *mū́s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHs | mouse |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
Words derived from “muscular”
- neuromuscular
- muscularity
- intermuscular
- fibromuscular
- muscularly
- submuscular
- seromuscular
- nonmuscular
- muscularization
- electromuscular
- unmuscular
- hypermuscular
- skeletomuscular
- extramuscular
- epitheliomuscular
- perimuscular
- transmuscular
- retromuscular
- corticomuscular
- nervomuscular
- muscularize
- neuromuscularly
- cardiomuscular
- bimuscular