Etymology

murine

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse. Full definition →

Latin mūrīnus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing frommūrīnus“mouselike”
  2. English todaymurine

Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”).

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