Where does “perimuscular” come from?
perimuscular (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.
perimuscular (English): Around a muscle or muscles
Definitions
- Around a muscle or muscles
Ancestry of “perimuscular”, step by step
perimuscular 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 peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 3 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 4 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 5 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |