The story
- Old English · derived frommūs“mouse”
- English todayMuston
From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmūs all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village in Bottesford parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8237). Full definition →
From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Old Englishmūs all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.