Where does “musculature” come from?

Musculature comes from French musculature, derived from Latin musculatus, the past participle of musculari, meaning to furnish with muscles.

musculature (English): The collection of all muscles in a single body or...

Definitions

  1. The collection of all muscles in a single body or...

Ancestry of “musculature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmusculaturemusculature
2Latinmūsculusa small mouse
3Ancient Greekμῦςmouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale
4Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
5Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “musculature

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic *mū́s