The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμῦς“mouse”
- Latin · derived frommūs“mouse”
- English todaymusophobia
From Latin mūs (“mouse”) or Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + -phobia.
Words from the same roots
Latinmūs all →
musion
Ancient Greekμῦς all →
myocardiummyositismy-myo-myomancy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.