Etymology

mousy

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Today it means: Resembling a mouse. Full definition →

English mouse ← Middle English mous ← Old English mūs
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mousy · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*múHs
  2. Proto-Germanic*mūs
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mūs
  4. Old Englishmūs
  5. Middle Englishmous
  6. Englishmouse
  7. English todaymousy

From mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns).

mousy · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*múHs
  2. Proto-Germanic*mūs
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mūs
  4. Old Englishmūs
  5. Middle Englishmous
  6. Englishmouse
  7. English todaymousy

From mouse + -y (forms diminutives).

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