Where does “muricaneus” come from?

muricaneus (Latin) comes from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Ancestry of “muricaneus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
2Proto-Italicmūsmouse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “muricaneus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →