Where does “muzzle” come from?

Muzzle comes from Old French musel, from Latin musculus meaning "little mouse," from the diminutive suffix -culus and múh₂s meaning "mouse" in Proto-Indo-European.

muzzle (English): The protruding part of an animal's head which...

Definitions

  1. The protruding part of an animal's head which...

Ancestry of “muzzle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmosel
2Old Frenchmusel
3Latinmusus

Words derived from “muzzle

Every word from Latin mususEvery word from Old French muselEvery word from Middle English mosel
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