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Where does “mūs-” come from?

mūs- (Proto-Indo-European): fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Definitions

  1. fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Words derived from “mūs-”

  • mouse
  • mice
  • mosquito
  • muscarinic
  • musketeer
  • mousy
  • Musca
  • antimuscarinic
  • mouser
  • musquet
  • mousey
  • muscarine
  • mosquitofish
  • mouseover
  • mouselike
  • oncomouse
  • antimouse
  • mousie
  • mousehole
  • skeeter
  • mousepox
  • mousquetaire
  • shrewmouse
  • mouchard